Austinist: Austin Apartments, Just Some Numbers

Patrick

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:41:29 -0600

Yeah, as much as we bitch about Austin's rising costs -- and don't get me wrong, I dislike them as much as anyone else -- we're still not as bad as comparable cities and pretty competitive overall. You'd have to spend significantly more, for instance, to live in Denver, Seattle or Portland, all cities I think of as being sort of similar to Austin in charm. That said, man, West Campus should not be the most expensive place in the city to live, on account of it sucks. I get that it's close to campus, but outside of that it's probably one of the worst neighborhoods in the city -- significant crime, loud, most of the properties are rundown, etc...

mark

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:30:41 -0600

are you being sarcastic, charlene? NYC? Try $4/sq. foot

charlene

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:40:48 -0600

Holy crap! Now I see why my rent went up so much this year. This place is turning in to NYC real fast. I have a feeling I won't be living here for too much longer.

M1EK

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:34:24 -0600

A better summary of the UNO is that it allows replacing old 2-4 story apartments with 6-12 story apartments, in general. (smaller in places, bigger in a few others, but basically averaging true midrise - 2-4 stories are more accurately described as "lowrise").