Originally Posted by Engine

That's probably where I would choose to live if I was doing the student apartment thing (I think you said you're coming here for school?). Can't remember if you said you already have lived in Austin - if you have then you already know all your live underground hip-hop (and anything else underground, really) will be in the clubs on Red River. Although I saw Doom in a club that's in a more gentrified part of downtown. In any case, you'll be walking distance from probably all the live music you will want to see.

Oh yeah, snow; there has been none in Austin this year. I prefer warm climates.