Hi y'all! It's been another cool week in Austin, enjoying the plenty of activities to do that this city offers. Because having been here for the fourth or fifth week I have realised that this city offers different leisure time activities for everyone to enjoy, whether he or she likes to do the most.
In this post, I am going to comment about what I have been observing about nightlife in Austin since I got here. As I said in previous posts, the city is well known for being a "youth city" as one can possibly call it, mainly due to the (enormous) UT's university campus that gathers thousands of students not only from the US but from all over the world. That's really interesting about UT, for instance. You do literally come across people from all over the world, each of them with their own customs given the different cultures and countries they come from.
Of course that makes leisure time really heterogeneous, as different people from different cultures and countries enjoy doing different kinds of stuff. As nightlife itself is one of the activities students (or people in general, but mainly them) enjoy doing, you have different places to go that you can choose from.
The main street for nightlife in Austin is the 6th street, located in the city's downtown. Bars and clubs are located all along one part of the street, and so are some gift shops and fast food stores (which do really temp you when you are out of the bar on your way home). These bars and clubs play different kinds of music so one can choose which one to go to. For example, there is one which plays "reaggeton", a typical latin rythm that is very nice to dance. Then you have the ones which play the latest hits or pop music only, etc. Another thing to comment about nightlife here in Austin, is the fact that public transport (buses) work quite well in order to take you to the bars or to take you on your way home. That is really useful: for the ones who don't own a car it helps them hugelly, and for the ones who have, it offers them the alternative transport if they are willing to have some drinks.
So, if you like to hang out with friends at night, Austin will also provide!!
It was time to make a post about the 6th street, man! It's a great thing to have all those kinds of bars in the same street and it really reflect the heterogeneity of the population here in Austin, I agree. Nice post Juan!
ResponderEliminarThe 6th street man!!!!!! Austin is a truly melting-pot!! A really cosmopolita city. I love its variety and diversity. Let's finish the blogs and go to the 6th street!!!
ResponderEliminarAustin is a great city for nightlife! I too have been tempted by all the late night food options on sixth street :) I'm glad you're enjoying your time!
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