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title: "What is life like in Austin ?"  
description: "What is life like in Austin ?"  
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published: 2018-07-09  
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# What is life like in Austin ?

What is life like in Austin ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya

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**Austin** is a city in the country of **United States**. Being the capital of the U.S. state of **Texas**, Austin is the **11th** most **populous city** of the country and the **4th** most populous city in the state of Texas. Located in **Central Texas**, Austin is home to numerous lakes such us **Lake Walter E. Long, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, Lake Travis** on the **Colorado River** and **Lady Bird Lake**.

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In the year **1839** on **December 27th** Austin was made the **capital** of Texas, replacing **Houston** and was incorporated under the name **‘Waterloo’**. However, Austin got its name from **Stephen F. Austin** who was the **first secretary of state** of the **Republic of Texas**. Stephen F. Austin was known as the **Father of Texas**. The **University of Texas** at Austin and the **Texas State Capitol** are some of the famous monuments in the city making it the centre for education and government. Austin is a diverse mixture of students, musicians, high-tech workers and government employees. In fact, numerous companies have set up their headquarters or regional offices in Austin. **Google, IBM, Intel, Oracle Corporation, Apple Inc, Paypal, Amazon, 3M, eBay, Cisco** and **General Motors** are some of the renowned companies of the world which have set up its headquarters in the city of Austin.

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Austin is nicknamed as **“Live Musical Capital of the World”**, **“City of the Violet Crown”**, **“ATX”** and **“Silicon Hills”**. Austin covers a **total area** of **305.1 sq mi (790.1 sq km)**. The total population of the city as of **2010** is **967,629** and the **population density** is **3,182 per sq mi (1,228.6 per sq km)**. **Council-Manager** is the government type in the city with **Steve Adler** being the **mayor** and **Spencer Cronk** being the **city manager**. The **motto** of Austin is **“Keep Austin Weird”**. For the year **2017** and **2018** Austin was named as the **number one** place to live in the **U.S.** by the **U.S. News & World Report**.

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