AUSTIN TX FIRST IMPRESSIONS

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

You got compassion, thats amazing.

[@ronyc3270]

Make sure you check out the west Austin area next time. Drive through the Hill Country and visit places like Hamilton Pool, the Oasis Restaurant on Lake Travis. Pretty scenery and change of pace to the flatness of DFW.

[@dj.1094]

I originally planned to relocate to Austin but when I visited and saw the traffic, crowds there I made up my mind to go to Dallas instead. Not that traffic is any better there but it seemed more career opportunities in Dallas versus Austin. The homelessness is pretty bad in philly but I didn’t realize it’s that way in Austin too. It’s a global epidemic that needs to be addressed not overlooked. Thanks for bringing this subject to the forefront. Btw I loved my experience in Austin, lots to do and a great city for vegan foodies!

[@Built4Anything]

Yeah it’s a worldwide epidemic. I totally understand your reasoning for choosing Dallas. Thanks for watching!

[@MarkBentleyinAustin]

I live in Austin and I lived in Dallas for a really long time as well. I think you are extremely accurate in your assessments of both cities. You should spend some more time in Austin, particularly if you are into the music scene. Both cities have their ugly sides, but both are much nicer than the stereotypes would indicate. I lived in East Dallas (in the Munger Place area) and I loved the combination of urban and small town atmospheres, friendly neighborhood in the shadow of downtown. Austin is wrestling with homelessness, trying to balance compassion with urban reality, and trying to treat these people as humans with problems. In doing so, it becomes a city with a reputation as friendly to the homeless and attracts them from all over, a problem Austin has in common with Seattle and some other more liberal places. But all in all, it is a GREAT place to live.

[@jawofajackass4047]

You got a good heart bro! May the universe continue to bless you! Thanks for the upload!

[@darriceevette9048]

Omg I had that same feeling when I went to LA..it just does something to your spirit so I get it..that alone makes Dallas sound like a better relocation option :( but I’m glad you enjoyed your time there

[@Built4Anything]

Darrice's daily deets Yeah I managed to have a good time still. You right it does do something to you. At least it does to me. Thanks for watching.

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

We had to park at the wendy's off of 7th street and walk down (2 miles )on the heels To get to 6th street

[@Kyson1256]

Very informative. Thank you for doing this video! My family and I will be relocating to Austin from Alaska in February.

[@Built4Anything]

I’m glad I could help! All the best to you and your family! Thanks for watching.

[@lenaheart8103]

Thanks for the vid! Can't wait to visit Austin again & maybe Dallas in the future!

[@Built4Anything]

Thanks for watching! Enjoy Austin!

[@Honeypepper.]

Waw! Great breakdown, the homeless situation is a real problem in a lot of states and its really sad😢

[@Built4Anything]

It really is. Got to be thankful for where you are. It can always be worse. Thanks for watching!

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

Saw my 1st dead person on 7th street,during Texas relays 1st weekend in april. Havent been bk

[@Mr.FranciscoJesusAldana]

traffic is horrible in austin because the highway system has yet to keep up with the population growth. People have been hyping up austin for awhile so much so that many people want to and many end up moving there. This has created a backlash-as mentioned with the traffic, and now people are even developing an attitude against people from other states that have moved there. Maybe people should have avoided hyping up the city so much, because that could have kept so many people from moving there. And yes, there is alot of homeless people in austin. I used to do community work at the downtown shelter and made lots of friends there. I'm still convinced that austin is a deeply racist city.

[@pahwraith]

Just build trains and add bus routes like the real city you are now. Portland and Seattle went through the same thing. So did NYC and Chicago 125 years ago. This is just how it is..growing pains. But it gets better. Austin just needs to build a rapid transit train line. 2 lines Criss crossing the city and one big circle line. Telling people to not move and wanting your city to be small. Is a loser mentality. You big league now. Act like it.

[@Anirtak4791]

Greetings Built4Anything, I came across your channel last shadow. Moved to DFW from Jersey. Big up to you for your content, It's on point ... Was about to give TX the ✌🏽Lol but now...maybe not. Thanks for doing what you do

[@Built4Anything]

Anaqat SasHat Re thank you for watching!

[@Noblistic]

I love all the parks here, and less likely to have tornadoes. Homicide is lower than Dallas as well. Glad you had a good time.

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

Austin is the fastest growing capital city in the usa

[@starskyhutch6011]

So glad you are enjoying my home state-it's absolutely booming these days (now more than ever); I miss it. I made the move to Denver a year ago but I was in Austin for 10 years, and before that spent most of high school and college in the Dallas area. Austin was a good time, especially if you are fresh out of college. I'm 40 now so I'm too old and my liver is too tired to enjoy Austin as one should haha. It does have a hella cool vibe but it's a little more "full of itself" now then when I first moved there in 2007. If you meet an original Austinite that was born and raised there, you have a friend for life. They are truly genuine, albeit quirky, people. You cannot beat a boat/party barge party on Lake Travis in the summertime. BBQ places galore. And some badass Tex-Mex (Polvo's on S. First St, and Amaya's Taco Village off of 35 and Koenig/2222 (and that's assuming they haven't been torn down for condos). The string of bars on North Loop Blvd (not too crowded, not too pretentious-again, assuming tney haven't been torn down for condos yet). The Barton Springs greenbelt and Bull Creek greenbelts are heaven, especially if there has been a wet Spring, and all of the creeks are full. Austin truly is a great place with personality with a great vibe, but unfortunately the secret has been out for awhile, so traffic sucks and it's expensive because everyone is moving there. As fun as it is you then will begin to realize that the museum scene is pretty bad, it's relatively not diverse, and that traffic everywhere at all times of the day is truly exhausting. Again, it's a great "midsize" city with lots of personality-it makes places like Denver, where I currently live, seem stale and boring. I left Austin for a short stint in Houston, which is as underrated as Austin is overrated. Houston is humid AF but its got Texas-sized everything, a population more diverse than NYC, great, CHEAP food, world class Museum district, and a distinct Texan/International vibe. I strongly suggest you check it out. The people there are less pretentious than they are in Dallas. Just don't go there July-October, or you will sweat your arse off. As a native Texan, my favorite cities in the state are Houston, Austin, San Antonio, then Dallas.

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

Hella Dope 🤪

[@darknlovelys]

Try to visit Houston. Traffic is bad there (not all time,but I’m a late night person), but it’s one of my favorites!

[@shellylloyd9009]

Hamilton Pool is your next place to visit in Austin. You have to schedule a time online. Go Hertz! You are awesome! 💫🖤🌈💥Good to know Patreon is where to see your podcasts now!👍🏾

[@Built4Anything]

I will check it out for sure! My Patreon is where I will release my podcasts in advance of the release on KZbin. That’s just one benefit. I will also make content specifically for those who sign up. It’s a great way to share more about me to those who want to know. Thanks for watching!

[@coco9004]

This is the word I was looking for. LOVE. yes I found the peoples love others.

[@josephmenna3985]

Thanks for tellin it like it is

[@Honeypepper.]

LET'S 😃shall we!

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

Everyone is telling me not to move to Austin. I'm moving to Austin.

[@Built4Anything]

Austin is dope! Thanks for watching

[@Doyouevenart69]

You won’t regret it! I’m born and raised here, 29 years, it’s easily one of best places in country to live

[@dominique9934]

I've been writing a list of cities I want maybe move to. Vegas is where I spent 15 years.. not sure if I should head back there.. some other places are Austin, San Antonio, and maybe Tampa. Leaving NC is my goal.

[@Built4Anything]

Austin is nice. I may be a bit biased but other than San Antonio I’m not sure what the other locations can offer that’s significantly better. I can be wrong. I always suggest visiting the places and research a lot online.

[@dominique9934]

@@Built4Anything I spent a lot of time in San Antonio from Air Force basic training and tech school and just having to travel there. Plus I have friends there. So a new city maybe is better but I'm loving the idea of going back to Vega or maybe Dallas.

[@donjuan914]

Dominique Not that it’s any of my business but if you like the Vegas area, you would probably love the Phoenix area.

[@alishaanthony9351]

Be GRATEFUL! Blessings keep the videos coming. I just subscribe to your channel.

[@Built4Anything]

Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for watching!

[@donjuan914]

We have a voodoo donuts here in Denver. By the way have you ever been to Denver? I’m wondering how you think it compares to Dallas and Austin?

[@DJDavis844]

Yea I'm tryna head down there from Brooklyn. I'm alil nervous tho fam cause you know the work in the city is constant. Being it a smaller city I'm worried about that. Plus I'm a film composer so I'm looking for the film scene there. I also wanna know all you know on the topic of moving cross country from BK

[@Built4Anything]

Jaralle Davis Dallas/Texas is anything but a small city bro. Plenty of opportunities out here. People are moving here in droves. I’m actually writing a guide that covers your question on changing cities in depth. It will be for sale on my website soon. Thanks for watching!

[@DJDavis844]

Yo I'm just looking for a basic stable telecom tech job. My real goal is writing music for film. I'm also a recording engineer. So I think since the music scene is blooming it would be a good idea to go to Austin.

[@Nothingbutblessings4185]

I luv your vibe. Do u have any views on Dallas verses Houston

[@Built4Anything]

Dallas is less humid, less traffic, and more opportunity for business. There’s more culture in Houston and more variety of food. Thanks for watching!

[@brianramos3139]

A lot of people here need to visit NY. Everything he is saying is 1000% worst here. Sure of it

[@DHenny]

If you don’t mind me asking how old are you ?

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

Austin is liberal-ville,we dont claim them 🤣🤪🙄🥰

[@bennymartinez5532]

Hey brother checkout San Antonio. Whole new vibe. Also checkout the beaches

[@Built4Anything]

Benny Martinez appreciate you! I will!

[@thomasyoung4193]

Traffic is horrible all over the world

[@thomasmoon930]

Try Houston

[@CoopDaTrille]

I heard there wasn't alot of hip hop spots in Austin... I'm an artist and was thinking about moving there but don't want to if it's not a good market for my music.. Any thoughts??

[@Built4Anything]

They have a great music scene bro. You’d be surprised. Take a visit and check out a few shows. Thanks for watching!

[@linnievilla]

Houston would probably be a better fit for you. We have a great mixture of everything! Great local music including our hip hop scene. Huge art scene, lots of museums and local street artists. Culture, food, and people can't be beat. Way better than the big D.

[@itzcapondabeat]

As a music producer who has been involved in hiphop for over 20 years, I would say that Austin does have an excellent music scene but hiphop is the least promoted and visible. Not intentionally but the culture here just harbors more of the country, rock, alternative and punk scene. I produced on an independent label in Dallas in 2000-2001 and did hip hop shows in a district of downtown called Deep Ellum. I'd say the hiphop scene here is bigger than Austin and to be honest- Houston may have been king of hiphop in texas since the beginning, but Dallas will surpass them. The guy I worked with back in 2000 is now a Emmy nominated and Grammy winning sound engineer. J.Rhodes is another Grammy winning cat from Dallas as a producer. The D.OC. from NWA was from Dallas and he would have been by far the best emcee in the group had he not been in that accident. He actually wrote most of NWAs early stuff. Eryka Baidu is from here. Dallas is the place or is becoming the place. Cant go wrong in Houston either. Many greats have come out of there too. But Dallas is on the rise. Houston seems to be fading. Austin isnt bad either but more opportunities in the other 2.

[@gastonave]

Fifteen years ago there were hardly any homeless people in Austin. It's astonishing to me how the homeless population has exploded here. At least it hasn't gotten to anything like the level of homeless in the west coast cities.

[@ricosally6734]

Yea, I peep that to about ppl, act like they own the land what ppl don't understand u need ppl to live and pay tax to grow the economy

[@travellerseko]

Completely agree. If they wanna be alone, let them to live in Alaska:)

[@Built4Anything]

Agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@DWizzle0007]

They're talking mainly about the politics. These so called "people" are leaving their "liberal" dumps and moving to "non Liberal" states but trying to bring the same ideolgy and politics that made them leave the place they came from. If you come and want to adapt to the culture and lifestyle of a new place its cool but don't try to change it to the place u left. I think that's what they're mainly getting at.

[@Yahushuas_Bride_Sarai]

Austin traffic 🙄🙄🙄

[@texresident7026]

Anyone with your attitude is welcome to this state. Austin is great to visit but way too expensive to live there. Hill Country is great if you like freezing cold rivers. Lockhart is the BBQ capital of Texas with more than one bbq place. Know what you mean about the homeless. Maybe they come to the south because there's less cold weather to deal with. I live in Houston and unfortunately lots of homeless here and some on the island, I suppose they mostly need mental health services but I guess that's the tricky part; they have to want to get help. I see lots of charitable organizations and businesses feeding everyone which is spectacular but it's like you say about the people you saw in the streets; you can see the hopelessness in their eyes and what can you do? Sure would like to see the rest of the nation follow the Texas model (and Buc ee's model of course!)

[@Built4Anything]

Well said. Thanks for watching!

[@lenaheart8103]

HOLLA

[@Built4Anything]

Holla!

[@ahmedhashmi3584]

I want to make Texas my new home, but after hearing dozens of people moving to Texas..idk if there is plenty of opportunities there...I want to start up a photography buisness up there...

[@Built4Anything]

You can do anything you put your mind to. Sounds cliche I know. That’s the best thing I can say to you. If you believe in yourself and you believe in your talent then you can make it happen for yourself.

[@rd3095]

I live 50 miles North of Dallas, and I can tell you, from here to there no company can find enough people to feel the positions they need. SO many jobs it is unreal. Jobless rate is around 4.1% and classifieds are full of jobs.

[@GMD0602]

I wonder if they have enough homeless shelters and things of that nature hmm...

[@Built4Anything]

There’s a center a few blocks from the avenue. They hibernate downtown because of the opportunity to ask for money. It’s sad to see.

[@terrycrosby11]

Vegan GG you have to be sober to stay in a shelter. They’ve misdiagnosed the problem. It’s an addiction and mental Illness problem

[@novanoskillz4151]

you think austin has a homeless problem... come here to vegas...

[@terrycrosby11]

Was the homeless worse than CA?

[@Built4Anything]

Nah I don’t think many places are worse than CA because CA got that good weather all year round. It gets cold asf here sometimes so being outside is not ideal.

[@TheRebelutionary1]

Visit Honolulu, the homelessness will shock you.

[@Built4Anything]

It’s heartbreaking to say the least. Really puts things in perspective. Thanks for watching.

[@jerryleclerc3343]

Houston is even worse. Lol.

[@Built4Anything]

Damn.

[@Californiansurfer]

Waxahachie Texas has jobs, I hope you find a job and start contribute to United States and pay taxes.