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Yeah...I'm an Austinite, too.

Mueller and on down through 2nd Street out to about Chicon east of 35 (an a bit beyond) is full of 20-30 something professionals. It will likely see some action. Maybe Riverside because of the college students but I kinda doubt it. Zilker, SoCo, and Travis Heights have a good shot down south. All of the neighborhoods around downtown and UT are almost certain to see it first. I gotta believe from there they'd just work their way up Burnet, Guadalupe and Lamar until they hit 183 (Though that process make take five years). Tarrytown up to Far West on the West side of Mopac is a pretty good bet too.

Notable neighborhoods that might be out of luck for awhile: WestLake...too far out, too spread apart. South East from Oltorf on down is probably not going to see it for a while. South Lamar is probably a no go (not enough residences or tech businesses) and so Westgate and Manchaca on South and West (Circle C and environs) are probably out of luck too. The Arboretum area might get lucky but I doubt it and I think further west and north of that is pretty unlikely in the next few years unless Google is happy having disparate clusters. I think that area would lap it up but I don't think it is close enough to the downtown/UT epicenter where this is likely to spread from.

If I were Google, I'd pick three different clusters to spread and meet. One at UT/downtown to spread in all directions but particularly North, one at the Arboretum to spread West and North and one somewhere around Westgate to spread West, East and South.



In addition, I'd run it up 360. In my understanding there are a number of tech businesses/business parks out that way.

I'd be surprised if they go as far north as Wells Branch, though the infrastructure along the rail line leading along MoPaC is certainly available.




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