By Matthew Rutledge on 09/13/2009
Austin has grown fast, but it has grown from a tiny urban core — meaning that we have less pre-World War II buildings than probably any other city our size in the South. Many neighborhoods quite close to downtown were developed in the 1960’s or later — the city basically ended 3 miles in each direction until 1960. This means you can live in verdant, “The Wonder Years”-esque suburbia and still be downtown in 15 minutes.
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