Question for the Austin crowd...

[AllyBliss]

I'm going to be traveling to Austin tomorrow and staying until Tuesday morning. I'm going up to watch the mst3k live show and figured I would set up shop while I'm in town. What's the best area in town to stay in for the hobby ? I would like to meet as many new friends up there as possible as I plan on making my trips up there a regular occurrence and I want to be somewhere that is easy to travel to for y'all Austin hobbyists

[Killeeninformer2]

For ease of access it would be along the 35 or the 183 (but not where they intersect!). For a bit better area that's very hobby friendly I would go with the arboretum.

[mathguy]

There is an area known as the vagina triangle which would be the best area for ease of hobbyists and maximum travel exposure. However, I would recommend if you want something nice either downtown area hotels or the Arboretum area nice hotels (which interestingly enough is part of the far north/western area of the vagina triangle)

The vagina triangle is roughly from the actual nice apartment/shopping area (high-end) known as The Triangle at the Guadalupe/Lamar intersection running all the way north to I35/290 hotels, then north more to I35/183 hotels, finally farthest north to I35/Rundberg hotels, then westward from there all the way across to the Arboretum/Great Hills area at Mopac and finally in a straight line back south down to the Triangle apartments and shopping area mentioned earlier.

The worst areas in terms of sleaze factor by far are the I35/Rundberg areas, the I35/290 area, as well as I35/183 areas (with certain exceptions).

I would recommend the actual Triangle shopping area/apts or the Arboretum, Gateway Shopping Center, or Great Hills area. Those latter ones are all located around or just northwest of the Mopac/183 intersection.

At any rate the area I explained, the entire region, has always been known as: Vagina Triangle