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Austin Apartments for Rent- The rolling hills of West Austin and the Texas Hill Country is home to many wonderful parks, trails, and nature areas that are close enough to the city to enjoy without having to stray far from . It's a very common sight to see cyclist's enjoying these hills at any time of the day, exercising, training, or just enjoying the view of the trails that Lance Armstrong still blazes from time to time.

Zilker Park, one of Austin's most famous and most visited parks, is host to the Barton Springs pool. This man-made pool is fed by natural water flowing from the channel of Barton Creek is a favorite among nature loving Austinite's. With a constant temperature of around 68 degrees you can find swimmers and sun-bathers getting out of their apartments and enjoying this wonderfully relaxing location seemingly year round and they wouldn't leave if you begged them to. When lifeguards are not present swimmers are urged to "swim at their own risk" On a side note, topless sunbathing is allowed at the Barton Springs Pool so be ready to cover your kid-o's eyes if need be.

Giving the city the title of Live Music Capitol of the world is Austin's vibrant live music scene that per capita houses more music venues than any city in the nation. With the city's nightlife hot-spot, 6th Street, serving as the epicenter for the plethora of live music, Austin is the perfect location to get out of your apartment and go see some live jamming! From outside stages like Stubbs or one of the two huge yearly music festivals South By Southwest or Austin City Limits, you can even hear the music radiate into your Austin apartment or home through the air from miles away.

If you are looking for some nightclub, bar, or pub fun at night or really at any hour of the day, head down to the previously mentioned 6th street area where you will run into a mixture of people from all walks of life. Feeding off the energy of nearby University of Texas and the culture of nearby South Austin, 6th street serves as a mecca for all to enjoy. If you are looking for a little more of a lounge and upscale time out, hop over a few streets to 4th and 5th streets in the Warehouse district. Here you will find places that are a notch higher on the scale of class.

Austin also poses as an epicenter for artist of all genres with the many theatres like the Paramont Theatre, comedy venues like Esther's Follies, Film Festivals, Art Galleries and Museums. Once a year the O.Henry House Museum even hosts the O. Henry Pun Off, a pun contest showcasing wit and humor. Ballet Austin is nationally renowned ballet that is featured as the fourth largest in the nation. Entertaining around the world, it's twenty member company has performs ballets from a wide variety of different choreographers.

At times being called the Hollywood of the South, Austin is home to many feature film and independent film productions. Several old Airplane hangars from Mueller Airport have been turned into Austin Studios where films like Mike Judge's Idiocracy and Sin City have been filmed among many many others.

If you are looking for a clean, environmentally aware city with a lower carbon footprint and things to do to get out of the apartment 24/7, Austin may be the place to go! It's the perfect city for the Apartment-ite on the go! Find your new home among the wonderful Austin apartments for rent today!