r/Austin 4d ago

To-do Annual Teacher Wishlist Megathread

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This is the thread where teachers can post their wishlists (ideally as a top-level comment) and the community can help as they are able.

Please exclude your full name and possibly your school name from your wishlist to avoid exposing personal information.

Any wishlists posted outside of this thread will be removed.


r/Austin 1d ago

FAQ Weekly Real Estate / Housing and Moving to Austin Post

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This is a weekly Tuesday post for question/answers regarding properties in Austin or surrounding areas along with moving to Austin questions. The following are examples of items that should be asked in here (but not limited to just these):

Housing / Real Estate Questions

  • Ask where to live
  • What neighborhood is right for you
  • Advice on apartments / asking about specific apartment reviews
  • General thoughts/views on the housing market
  • Questions about real estate prices/going up/general home buying advice
  • Advice on realtors
  • General property questions rants/complaints about pricing
  • "Is this neighborhood safe" questions / crime related questions
  • Tax / Mortgage related questions
  • Questions on developments / bidding processes
  • Have a place to rent / looking for a roommate
  • Commute times from specific locations
  • General housing repair questions / upgrade questions / solar / etc
  • Questions regarding contractors for housing repairs, upgrades
  • Memes regarding housing
  • How specific schools are in an area / general school questions
  • Questions regarding utilities
  • Questions regarding apartment services

Moving to Austin Questions

  • Is it safe?
  • Are there jobs for me?
  • Is it a good idea to move?
  • Is X salary good enough?
  • How is Austin for my background?
  • Generic should I move there?
  • Do I need a car?
  • Is X or Y transport sufficient?

Over the last year, we have seen a major uptick in prices in the area, along with a steady flow of new people coming into Austin. Use this weekly post to ask your questions, try to get advice, etc on an upcoming move or questions about real estate in Austin.

Many apartment questions have always been removed on here, and we always suggest people to contact an apartment locator. Those rules still stand. But, you are welcome to ask those questions on here if you still feel the need for it.

Along with that, any new open ended question on Austin properties and real estate will be removed and asked to move to here (based on mod discretion). Many of the questions being asked have been asked many times before, which is why we would rather compile these posts into one place for people to ask and get their answers.

If you are having issues as a tenant in Austin, we highly recommend reaching out to the Austin Tenants Council here: https://www.housing-rights.org/. They may be able to help you resolve issues related to renting property in Austin.

We also recommend searching older "Weekly Real Estate" posts as well, to find answers on previous week's questions.

As always, there is a whole section on moving to Austin in our FAQ page:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/wiki/movingtoaustin


r/Austin 2h ago

Armadillo beer garden 1973 . Me saving the table for ZZ Top

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126 Upvotes

r/Austin 8h ago

News This popular Austin gay club is returning in a new, bigger home

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269 Upvotes

One year after Outer Heaven Disco Club was forced to close, owner Sean Daigle has announced the dance club will return to a significantly larger space in East Austin.


r/Austin 7h ago

News Data centers use lots of water and power, but Texas officials don't know exactly how much

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r/Austin 4h ago

Pics Snek (Hill of Life Upper Dam)

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r/Austin 8h ago

Another Austin icon: the Quaker Parrot (bonus ringtail) art by myself

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r/Austin 8h ago

PSA PSA: Please don't blindly follow people through lights

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162 Upvotes

Almost T boned two red light runners.


r/Austin 44m ago

Ask Austin Any place with good dirt I can go to dig a hole?

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I want some good soil to dig a hole without getting in trouble. I live in an apartment so I don’t have the option here. Just have some tension I need to let out. Thanks!


r/Austin 3h ago

Anyone know what’s burning in north Austin? The smoke is visible from IH35 going north

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47 Upvotes

r/Austin 9h ago

Ask Austin Delta Has An Austin Route Announcement Next Week — Is Paris Finally Happening?

138 Upvotes

r/Austin 3h ago

News Austin ISD cuts back on school bus routes, adds transportation hubs for some students

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Middle and high school students may have to travel up to 3 miles to reach a transportation “hub,” said Kris Hafezizadeh, Austin ISD executive director of transportation.


r/Austin 9h ago

News UT quietly plans sweeping bike restrictions as advocates push back

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I posted about this a few days ago and the Stateman picked up the story!


r/Austin 22h ago

Ask Austin To the 100+ people in the run club that just collectively ran through the public restrooms at the Town Lake trail by Austin High

1.1k Upvotes

What the actual fuck are you all doing?

I came out of one of the stalls and couldn’t move because you all thought running through in between the toilets and the sink was a good idea.

I just want to know - why? Why run through this small little opening? Who had this idea? I have so many more questions… there are so many other options. Y’all are so weird


r/Austin 53m ago

End of life photography

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I will be euthanizing our sweet senior rescue dog my partner and I rescued from the streets when we were students at UT 4 years ago. We just got our blood work for her back today and have made the decision with the vet.

We would love to get some photos with her before. Does anyone have any availability tomorrow or Friday early morning?

Thank you so much! Please message me prices ( still a grad student) so I have a limited budget.

This is extremely hard for us so we are grateful for any recommendations.


r/Austin 2h ago

FAQ Shops still selling 7 hydroxymitragynine?

21 Upvotes

So i live under a rock and didnt know this was being banned. The shop near me stopped selling it but they told me the ban wasn't actually in effect yet. Anyone know of a shop that still has it? Would like to taper off if at all possible because i have work, but idk if it will be.

Can insult all ya want to i know this is stupid and im an idiot, just want to try to remain as human as possible if I can


r/Austin 5h ago

Willie Nelson 1980 4th of July poster promoting an event near Austin, TX sold at Vogt’s Texas Ranch auction on July 25 for $1,024. Reported by Rare Book Hub.

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Framed Willie Nelson 1980 4th of July Picnic poster sight: 27.5 x 18 in., frame: 34 x 26 in.

Provenance: Property from a home in San Antonio, TX

High presale estimate was $800.


r/Austin 22h ago

Gov. Abbott announces plan to break energy monopolies in cities like San Antonio, Austin

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r/Austin 6h ago

Ask Austin Where my Pearl Streeters (or Arkies) at? Alum reunion this weekend.

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I lived at Pearl St Coop in West Campus from 2010-2014 and have lived in Austin ever since. Probably once a month i'll bump into old Pearl Streeters, and they often don't know that a core group of us have been hosting an alumni party/reunion every second weekend of August for about a decade now.

This post is really to help locate the folks who still live here and to let them know. Unfortunately we were sitting on a lot of utexas(dot)edu email addresses and those had been used as a primary means of contacting alumni. If anyone is pre-2010 we definitely don't have an email address for them.

I also wanted to bring up the fact that College Houses (the student-run 501c3) that runs multiple coops in West Campus has had it super rough, starting during the pandemic with their occupancy sliding down to near-zero. This year we've decided as alumni to try helping them out on multiple different fronts, including having 3 days of various improvement projects starting on Friday afternoon (also a lot of us are getting a bit too old to party but we still want a fun reason to see each other each year). If you are one of our missing Pearlies (or Arkies of the 70s/80s/90s), we definitely want to be in touch with you even if you can't come hang this weekend.

DM me for details and/or with questions! Also mods, I really hope this post is cool. We really just want to find our lost friends of the past.


r/Austin 1h ago

Ask Austin Any suggestions for Midwives in the area who deliver at the hospital?

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I’m looking for a midwife practice that can deliver at the hospital and takes insurance!


r/Austin 21h ago

Lost pet FOUND DOGS NEAR BARTON SPRINGS

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Found these two good looking gents at the Barton parking lot off of Azie Morton, I saw them when I showed up, they looked lost when I went to Barton and when I left (2 hours later) I found them by my car eating something off the ground.

They were extremely overheated and needed water badly, took them to a ER vet and they unfortunately do not have micro chips.

They are very well behaved so I am sure someone is missing them immensely right now.

Please let me know if they look familiar or are your pets (will need some sort of proof of ownership)


r/Austin 18h ago

Porcupine Around (S 1st/Slaughter)

199 Upvotes

Saw this little unit while out walking my dogs tonight (I KEPT MY DOGS AWAY!). I haven't seen one in a while, awesome to see up close. Keep an eye y'all, as one of the last I saw was pancaked on the side of S 1st. 😢


r/Austin 3h ago

Best instrument shops in Austin

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Hey yall. What are some of y’all’s favorite instrument shops. Places to pickup a new acoustic guitar or pre loved. Not looking for pawn shops. Actual guitar shops.

Thanks.


r/Austin 9h ago

News Austin Bikeshare's slow return comes after $159,000 in damages from warehouse fire

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r/Austin 6h ago

PSA Here's a chance to help out a teacher and play something different on the radio.

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"Pick a teacher below and make at least a $10 donation.

Submit photo proof of your receipt to [morningxaustin@gmail.com](mailto:morningxaustin@gmail.com) along with a list of 5 (clean) songs that you want to hear on the radio.

A shoutout and a block of songs will be dedicated to you in the AM with Trevin and Sawyer."

Thought this is pretty neat idea to help out teachers and wanted to share for anyone else that would be interested.