Fun Facts About Living in Austin
Love where you live • Whole Foods began in Austin in 1978, when 25-year-old college dropouts John Mackey and Rene Lawson Hardy borrowed $45,000 to open a small natural foods store. In 2017, Amazon paid $13.4 billion to acquire the upscale grocery chain. • Constructed from sunset red granite, the Texas State Capitol building in Austin is the largest state capitol in the United States. • With 200 live music venues and as many as 2,000 bands and performing artists, Austin is con