Formula 1 coming to Austin, TX!!!

carguy123 wrote: Houston is only good for one thing, they supposedly have the largest number of non-chain restaurants of anywhere in America..... You can get literally any kind of food you want someplace in Houston.

Austin's actually making progress in the restaurant department, although Houston's restaurant quality/selection is still much better. However, you neglected to mention (or are ignorant of) Houston's infinitely better arts scene (live theatre, opera, symphony, ballet), the museum district, major league sports, the Space Center, etc.

And, by the way, most of your Austin list isn't in Austin. All Austin really has going for it is the music scene and proximity to the Hill Country, which are admittedly attractions, but as a vacation attraction it ranks somewhere behind Mineapolis, MN.

Nonetheless, it's refreshing to see someone who is so fond of Austin based on the sights in San Antonio and the traffic in Ft. Worth. :rolleyes:

Of course none of this is germane to this thread either, but for some reason you still want to keep bashing Houston. I'm sorry for whatever unfortunate incident has made you so bitter toward a pretty decent town, but you really need to get over it.

No one was bashing Houston and I said at the end of the thread that there were too many things to list so I left out all the cultural sites and just did some fun sites.

This wasn't meant to be an all inclusive list but to give people an idea of why Austin. Houston is too far for people to make a quick jaunt over from Austin whereas San Antone, San Marcos, Gruene and the hill country are not. I trying to show some of the diversity the area provides.

Just because you're jealous of my lack of rush hour traffic in FW

I'd MUCH rather go to Austin than Minneapolis!

carguy123 wrote: Just because you're jealous of my lack of rush hour traffic in FW

I'm not jealous. I've got a 5 minute commute. I get stuck in traffic in Austin (several times a year) far more than I do in Houston. Hence the whole thread.

Besides, I was born in Fort Worth and love the city. It would be my second choice after Houston. It would be my first choice if it had a little more in the way of restaurants and cultural attractions, though the museums aren't bad.

Austin falls somewhere behind Lubbock and Midland.

billy3esq wrote: Austin falls somewhere behind Lubbock and Midland.

You just lost all credibility in this discussion.

Fort Worth has just as many restaurants and more cultural attractions than Dallas. Many Dallasites make the trek over to FW for their culture. As I mentioned earlier FW has become the spiritual successor to the Austin of old.

What I used to love about Austin was that it was such a small town for being a big town, FW has that.

Oh, and my normal commute is across the garage. I built an office just tother side of my garage so I don't worry bout rush hour traffic except for the few afternoons I need to call on clients.

I'm headed out to Central Market for my evening's dose of free music, Central Market (an upscale grocery store) has a large patio and they have mostly good bands every week end during the spring and summer. It's C&W tonight and R & R tomorrow nite. They have a very good selection of food as well as grilling burgers on the patio. They have a gourmet wine shop, which I care nothing about, and about 100 diff brands of beer as well as a good selection of teas.

I thought I hated t.u. BEHIND Midland and Lubbock?

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/7/11082.html

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http://www.formula1unitedstates.com/

I guess I was the only one that caught the article in The Telegraph (British newspaper) where Ron Dennis let it slip that there are THREE contenders for the U.S. Grand Prix in 2012.

Bernie is probably using the Austin bid as a bargaining chip with someone that already HAS a track and can be ready. Remember how he had "signed a contract with Darlington for the British Grand Prix?" And how Darlington was going to spend 150 million pounds in improvements in a year to get the race? And where was the British Grand Prix this year? Silverstone, of course. Bernie just used Darlington to get what he wanted out of Silverstone.

I doubt the track will be built and can be built before 2012. And I think the Austin folks don't know Bernie well enough to know when they are being played for fools.

Basil Exposition wrote: I guess I was the only one that caught the article in The Telegraph (British newspaper) where Ron Dennis let it slip that there are THREE contenders for the U.S. Grand Prix in 2012. Bernie is probably using the Austin bid as a bargaining chip with someone that already HAS a track and can be ready. Remember how he had "signed a contract with Darlington for the British Grand Prix?" And how Darlington was going to spend 150 million pounds in improvements in a year to get the race? And where was the British Grand Prix this year? Silverstone, of course. Bernie just used Darlington to get what he wanted out of Silverstone. I doubt the track will be built and can be built before 2012. And I think the Austin folks don't know Bernie well enough to know when they are being played for fools.

You could be right, but I hope not.

If the little troll screws the Austin investors, be certain that American private and public money would disappear at the mere mention of F1 and BE.

Getting back to the original title. I believe F! is back in the USA when an F1-sactioned race takes the checkered flag on USA soil.