{"id":2896,"date":"2013-07-17T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2013\/07\/17\/keep-austin-weird"},"modified":"2021-09-12T05:35:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:35:04","slug":"keep-austin-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=2896","title":{"rendered":"Keep Austin weird"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Keep Austin Weird”<\/i><\/div>\n
From the moment I stepped off the plane, I saw this phrase everywhere :
signs, t-shirts, mugs, etc….
I had a few days to see if I could figure out why the city was so weird in the first place, and then hypothesize as to why Austin wanted to stay that way….\n

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As I aimlessly wandered the streets to the music and cultural section of town, I saw nothing that grabbed my attention. Skyscrapers and high rise condominiums overshadowed countless bars, clubs and restaurants. I did however enjoy some of the best chicken tacos EVER with a tasty lager to boot.<\/p>\n

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Steers are a Texas icon, so although I enjoyed running into these massive bulls while hiking the hills, I’m not sure that they are why Austin wants to stay weird.<\/div>\n
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I found the people to be friendly and strange, just how I like them. If that is what Austinite’s are referring to, please don’t change my friends…<\/div>\n
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It could be the fascination with Willie Nelson, but with a music venue like Austin City Limits, what isn’t there to be proud of?<\/div>\n
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So I was stumped, perplexed, even mystified. I didn’t see the city as being overly weird, definitely not so much so as to make it a citywide declaration to “Keep Austin weird”.<\/div>\n
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I thought it had just the right amount of weirdness.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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