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Is Austin or Houston a better destination for a summer trip for 5 Irish students? |
Travel Info We are all 21 years old and want to know where we'd best enjoy the months of June/July. Would like to know where is the best place for nightlife, rent, jobs etc. Travel Tips You're 21 years old? You'd enjoy Austin more, no question. It's the nightlife capital of Texas (as well as the government capital of Texas) with most of the bars and clubs located in a central area. I doubt pretty seriously you're coming to Texas in the summer to visit museums or go to a zoo. Between the University of Texas, Austin Community College and the smaller colleges in the area, there are thousands of young people in town over the summer. Folks who come from the '70s might think Austin "empties out" over the summer, but that's far from true. It remains a young, vibrant city with more variety of nightlife than anywhere else in Texas. I'd suggest looking on Craigslist for a good deal on housing, but you'll definitely want to stay close to downtown. You'll enjoy that a lot more. Be prepared, though. Austin gets HOT in the summer, and stultifyingly humid. Shorts and T-shirts are the usual summer wardrobe. Not so much character in Houston. If you've ever been to any other big city anywhere in the world, you've already seen Houston. To compare the cities to places in Ireland, Houston is like one of the more industrial suburbs of Dublin, except much more sprawling. Austin is more like Galway. I'd put Austin at the top of the list, with Dallas in second place. The downside to Dallas, much like Houston, is that everything is very spread out. Others Houston. Not only is the nightlife and work picture better, but you can also check out the spacecraft facility. I'm a native Texan, Houston has more to offer in sight seeing and things to do.than Austin. There is a lot in Austin don't get me wrong, but Houston has many musims, the Space center in Clear Lake Texas , Galveston is only 50 miles away.. You can write, Texas Department of Transportation, Travel and Information Division P.O. Box 5064 Austin,Texas 78763-5064. The will send you a Texas State Travel Guide. This will help you enjoy you visit to Texas even more. I spent a long weekend in the Houston area. Houston is basically an industrial center, it has a lot of industry and is where people work. There are alot of bars, clubs, and resturants and shopping. Yeah, you can visit Mission Control, it's alright. One day we took a drive to San Antonio (about a 4 hour drive from houston). I Liked San Antonio better than Houston. Friendliest city I've ever been to, and there are lots of tourist's from all over visiting the River Walk and the Alamo. The River Walk is series of canals with shops and resturants, clubs, and hotels all along the canals, it was really cool. I would say Houston. It has more to offer plus it's close to Galveston where you can hang out at the beach. It's also where a lot of neat things to see are like NASA. I also think the night life is WAY better than Austin. Austin!! By far. You will have the time of your life. (Houston is very industrial and boring.) Austin, for the simple reason that you have students travelling w/you. Providing they are of drinking age, 6th street is a great time and Austin is a very cool, progressive city. H-town is more on the conservative side and boring in social scene. |
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