Austin Tops Another Forbes List - Best Bargain Cities
Forbes came out with a list of the Best Bargain Cities in the country and Austin was right at the top. Forbes studied the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and looked at things like employment, salaries for degreed workers, the cost of housing and other federal data. As is the case with many lists out recently about cities doing well economically, Austin and three other Texas cities made the top ten on this list.
Austin made it on another Forbes list too - Best Cities for the Outdoors. Austin was tied with L.A. at 11th place. My guess is that Austin would have been much higher if it wasn't for our hot summers. One can tell that climate was a big part of this when seeing L.A., San Diego and San Francisco on the list. Part of what got Austin up there is probably the topography here. There are some really excellent routes in the Hill Country for training on bicycles. The area also has some great parks with hiking and rock climbing. There are some really cool swimming holes like out at Krause Springs too. Of course, Lake Travis is absolutely fabulous.
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