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"San Antonio is the largest American city without a public rail system" probably the most Texas thing in this video.

I've lived in San Antonio my whole life and everything you said about it was pretty much spot on. All the one important thing you forgot to mention when comparing both cities, it is very important to San Antonians that everyone knows we have better tacos than Austin.

San Antonio's Greenway system absolutely deserves recognition. Multi-use paths following several watersheds mirror the feel of the downtown Riverwalk (minus the tourists), and with a newly completed connection through Eisenhower Park in the north, we have access to probably 50+ miles of trail that runs through some amazing parks including Phil Hardberger with its Voelcker Homestead and land bridge over the parkway. The Missions in South San Antonio are also accessible via the trail! Another little SA water fact: we have one of the largest recycled "purple pipe" water systems in the country, which provides irrigation for the Riverwalk, golf courses, etc.

As someone who lives only like 10 miles from Austin and frequently goes to both Austin and San Antonio, I can confidently say that San Antonio is significantly more chill and welcoming. I35 in Austin is like being stuck in a whataburger line at 4pm on Christmas day

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I have lived in both cities for many years. San Antonio has more universities than Austin, and has a much better urban bus system. Whereas Austin has the Light Rail, it is not utilized as much as the bus system in San Antonio. SA also has one of three medical education and research systems in Texas. In fact, I had to return to SA to get a transplant that was only possible in Dallas, Houston or San Antonio. I love Austin, but it was becoming prohibitively expensive to live there as a single teacher. Thanks for the video.

as a san antonio guy, HOW COULD YOU FORGET FIESTA ?!?

I remember being a little kid in 2005 and seeing the Austin skyline. It's almost unrecognizable now. But I'm glad more people realize how awesome our city is.

Having lived a few years in both San Antonio and Austin, it still blows my mind how big of a gap the cost of living is between the two. I have several friends that live alone in San Antonio, but I don't know anyone in Austin that doesn't have a roommate.

they are like two parallel universes. San Antonio is a standard regional commercial center for South Texas and Austin is plugged directly into the global economy and seems to almost exist in the virtual cloud rather than in the actual physical world. San Antonio is middle class families, many with deep roots in South Texas and Austin is ambitious worldly people who have come from all over the world.

Austin is my hometown and I grew up there and the amount of growth it has undergone since I moved away in 2013 is insane.

I feel like San Antonio is one of those cities that most Americans don’t even realize how big it is Austin as well

Grew up in San Antonio currently live in Austin both have changed a lot in my life

Really good, well thought out video. Being a long term resident of both cities I have just a couple minor criticisms: 1) Austin has been undergoing huge cultural shifts due to the massive inward migration of wealthy people that have been priced out of California... something that is driving the most divergence between the two cities culturally. This point is not emphasized enough i think 2) the fact that Austin has a soccer team is not comparable at all to the San Antonio Spurs, which is one of the most successful sports franchises, and boasts an EXTREMELY loyal fan base unlike any i have seen 3) Not enough love for San Antonio being THE hub for tex-mex. We invented chili, margaritas, the enchiladas most of yall know and Love, and nachos. Its more than fritos..... Other than that, great and accurate insight into two cities i consider home👍

This is awesome! I've lived in Austin for the past 6 years and it's a little bit surreal to see Mr. Beat do a video about two of my favorite cities in Texas. One thing, I don't think I heard a mention of ACL (Austin City Limits) music festival. And also, if we're talking about Austin AND San Antonio I would have also mentioned something about Wurstfest (German-style Octoberfest in between Austin & San Antonio).

Its honestly happy to see San Antone get some growth tbh. Been here for almost 18 years and always happy to visit downtown. Also, the mention of the Hill Country made me smile. Good video btw!

Notes from someone who has traveled between both cities dozens of times per year for the past 25 years: Population - Austin's population is growing crazy amounts, but they have no highway infrastructure to support it and have little to no suburb development to accommodate it. That's why the population in Austin is decreasing at a steady rate as well as growing. Anyone who used to live in Austin and used to pay $500-$700 in rent 15 years ago are now asked to pay $2000 for a less than desirable apartment. Anyone who didn't already own a home can't afford them anymore as nearly the entire market in Austin is in the millions. Drive out 45 minutes to find homes in the high hundreds of thousands. Austin is still cool (although the "weird" aspect of it has certainly changed to a new kind of weird"), but it will certainly hit a roadblock not too far from now that reduces expansion dramatically. While Austin faces road and housing development issues, San Antonio faces a lack of entertainment and nightlife. The city has been a family centered city for so long, people has less desire to move to it because it's more boring. That said, the population of San Antonio is 2.4mil as opposed to the 2.1mil of Austin, and San Antonio still has loads of affordable housing. Apartments prices have skyrocketed, but enough housing has stayed down in the high hundreds to low thousands that locals don't have too much trouble finding decent places to live. Houses in the downtown area are in the millions, but you can still find a significant amount of move in ready houses for sale in that area in the low hundred thousands. Additionally, San Antonio has robust, developed suburban areas as well as undeveloped suburban areas waiting for people to move in. This means people can find large, brand new homes with the same commute time they'd find in Austin for $250,000-$600,000. They continue to develop housing even though the city has not hit the population necessary for people to start moving out to those further suburban areas. Like I said, the entertainment industry is not there yet. With the lack of a bolsterous entertainment industry, there's a lack of corporate investment, and with a lack of corporate investment, there's a lack of super high paying jobs, and with a lack of super high paying jobs, people would rather move to Austin/Houston/Dallas than San Antonio. Still, that's much easier to develop for San Antonio than road and housing infrastructure is for Austin. It can be done in real time in SA, but Austin is already decades behind where they need to be and will struggle hard to catch up and keep their population growing. Traffic - Austin traffic is so incredibly worse than San Antonio's for this reason. While San Antonio is so spread, out it has a robust highway system. All get backed up during rush hour (don't all major city's streets?), but they're easily cruisable at top speeds throughout the entire rest of the day (RIP 1604, maybe when you're done with construction in 2050). These two things mean that San Antonio traffic is well distributed and constantly moving. Austin on the other hand has a few highways (some are called loops even though they don't loop...) but really everyone uses either tollways, I-35, or MoPac (highway 1). MoPac was traffic free before Austin's massive investment from California, but now is bustling. I-35, though, is by far the most used highway that just about everyone has trouble avoiding, and it.. is... a..... NIGHTMARE. It can literally take you 2 hours to get from the north side of Austin to the south side of Austin if you're taking I-35 during rush hour, and that's not an exaggeration. Traffic on I-35 gets so backed up in Austin that I preferred to drive in LA, and it's impossible to get to Austin's most populated parts of town without taking I-35 for at least some stretch of time. You can get from the south eastern part of San Antonio to the north western border in an hour, which is significantly longer of a distance and significantly shorter a duration. Tha leads into - public transit: San Antonio's the worst city in Texas when it comes to public transit, but Texas is terrible in general. Austin has a train line that everyone hates and hardly connects to anything and that has been voted against expansion over and over, but they have a boulsterous bus system. San Antonio's bus system is receiving a pretty decent amount of investment but still needs a lot of development to be considered good, let alone comparable. The train system being planning in part with Japan Rail, has no future at the moment. Texas does not have the rights to build that train yet, and it doesn't look like they'll ever get them. Famously, Governor Abbott reached out to Japan Rail authorities saying that he is definitely still planning on building the train system with them, but due to how large of a stretch that affirmation was, he was called out by other government officials and had to withdraw that statement. Not only that, but when the train began planning close to two decades ago, the plan included Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Now it only includes Dallas and Houston, with possible expansion to Austin later and possible expansion to San Antonio after that. With how anti-train Texas is and always has been, I highly doubt we'll be seeing train connect San Antonio and Austin within the next century.

As a Texan thank you for showing some geographical love!

I’m from San Antonio originally and in my opinion is a decent size city with little to no progression. I’ve been in the Salt Lake City metro area for years and love it! It’s clean, and the city is very proactive when it comes to traffic, weather, crime…etc

As a San Antonian, I cannot believe I missed this one!

Don't forget that San Antonio also has Six Flags Fiesta Texas (one of the better six flags parks) and Sea World too

As a San Antonio native, I love this video! We don't get a lot of coverage, even though we're 7th largest city in the country.

Moved to San Antonio 5 years ago and was the best decision. I love the cost of living and love that it’s a big city with all the great amenities but still a hometown feel

It was awesome hearing you talk about San Antonio since I just moved here around 2 years ago . Best decision I’ve ever made .

I've been living in San Antonio and I still dont understand why the train idea from Austin from SA was rejected. San Antonio rly needs it! It would also relieve that crazy as traffic I was caught in everyday on route 35/N & S. Like it legit takes 1 hour 1/2 to drive from New Braunfels to Medical Center every morning and every afternoon.

Another great city comparison Mr. Beat! Fun Fact: San Antonio's Riverwalk is among the oldest historic districts in the country.

I'd say San Antonio's yearly Fiesta celebration is something that should be mentioned.

Haven’t even watched it but I know it’ll be good because it’s Mr Beat 😎 As a houstonian I was always jealous those two cities were so close. If we wanna go out of town, it takes a minute 👀

kid from the rgv here, i just want to say as someone who has many relaives in both austin and san antonio. i have been to both many many times. san antonio has a MUCH more relaxed hometown feel compared to austin. and this guy did an amazing job describing them and comparing them. 10/10 video

I grew up here in Austin and most of my family is from San Antonio. I've read about plans to create a 100 mile hike and bike trail to connect Austin to San Antonio.

I'm from nowhere near Texas and I've never been to Austin, but I have been to San Antonio a few times and I'll always have a soft spot for it (as I'm sure many other bands geeks do)

Just retired from the military last week, and moved to San Antonio 4 days ago. Pretty great so far.

I lived and was educated in both cities, and currently live in Austin. I grew up in Austin, but my parents were born and raised in San Antonio. I have friends and family in both cities. I frequently call Austin my physical home, and San Antonio my spiritual home. However, San Antonio does have the best breakfast tacos. Great video!

I can say one thing for sure. San Antonio definitely has its flaws, but it is the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen. And I doubt that will ever change

Houstonian here who visits both cities regularly for work/friends; the growth and changes are MUCH more prevalent in Austin than SA. Because Austin is so much smaller the changes happening are much more visible there - higher housing prices, more traffic, etc. Still super fun to visit but unless they improve their public transportation significantly IMO I’d prefer SA living wise. Since we’re stuck with car dependent sprawl might as well pick the city that makes getting around a car easier in 😅

Thank you very much for the detailed comparison of San Antonio and Austin. I lived in San Antonio for more than 30 years. I love the highway system - 2 big circles - 410 and 1604 makes it very easy access and connectivity and the Interstate 10. People are friendly and polite!

Great job Mr. Beat. I've lived, worked and married in both cities LOL. Your coverage was excellent. I'm retired now and living in Europe to get away from all that crazy traffic.

San Antonio is also the birthplace of _fajitas_ and onion rings. Onion rings are the creation of its historic Pig Stand diner, whose walls include pictures of JFK's motorcade passing by it. That's the same motorcade JFK was in when he was assassinated. Also, San Antonio has several community colleges and universities. The community colleges comprise the Alamo Community College District (ACCD) and they are San Antonio Community College (SAC), St Phillip's Community College, Palo Alto Community College and Northwest Vista Community College. The universities include University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), St Mary's University, University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), Trinity University and Texas A&M at San Antonio. You might also want to mention that San Antonio has the largest MLK Day March in the nation and every April two weeks of _Fiesta_ celebrations.

Mr. Beat getting a Morgan & Morgan sponsorship? Congratulations on getting to the big leagues.

Thank you Mr. Beat! My favorite KZfaqr mentioning my home city!

The JW Marriott Hill Country in San Antonio is a beautiful family friendly resort that we visited last year. Highly recommend it!

Judging by the traffic between the two, you’d think they already merged into one mega city

As of two years now, San Antonio is the second populous city in Texas right behind Houston which other of these both cities they are great to live in. I am in San Antonio 90% of my life 10% in Austin and my heart is in San Antonio as well as an all Texas.. have a great day I’ll

excited for this one! got family in SA and currently in Austin myself!

Because of the way Texas metro areas are laid out it is the perfect state to start real high-speed rail and these two cities would be ideal to start.

I've been to San Antonio for work and I got to explor the city off hours. I honestly wish I had more time. I got to see the Alamo and Riverwalk and it was a fun time. Deffenitly want to go back sometime soon for a vacation.

I am from Austin and love it, but how did San Antonio's Hemisfair Park not make the list. World's Fair and all.

Love all your videos man! You put a lot of effort and passion into each one.

My only experience with both cities was about 13 years ago when I went down to UT Austin, as I was exploring PhD programs in my field, and made a mini vacation out of it. Both cities are great. However, I'm a bit more partial to San Antonio as I think/feel its more unique overall than Austin. All the Spanish colonial history/architecture, the unique Hispanic/Tejano culture makes SA like nowhere else in the US. I enjoyed Austin just as much, but I feel like what Austin has to offer, I can get in a city like say . . Denver, but with REAL mountains, instead of mere hill country (Hill Country is beautiful). The left-leaning, tech-heavy, highly educated, live music rich characteristics are basically matched in Denver and Seattle. But San Antonio is very historically unique. Only Santa Fe and Albuquerque match the Spanish colonial history in SA, but they are much smaller than SA.

Can’t believe you didn’t mention the crazy amount of highway overpasses in San Antonio. Some spots where they overlap, they’re stacked to the sky! The look of it is so distinctly “San Antonio”. I grew up visiting San Antonio as that’s where my extended family is from. Moved here 3 years ago and the amount of traffic is overwhelming sometimes, but I definitely enjoy visiting Austin and both cities have so much to offer!

Howdy from San Antonio. It's crazy to see our growth along with Austin I love everything about this city from our historic sites, cuisine, weather and of course the Alamo and river walk. Couldn't be more happier to live here.

Finally San Antonio My hometown! Dont forget along with the Alamo, Riverwalk, and Pearl Brewery District we also have Seaworld and Fiesta Texas! Also if ANY Austinite tells you they have the best breakfast tacos don’t follow them into that blasphemy! It starts in San Antonio and gets better until you reach the Rio Grande Valley.

Another Mr. Beat classic, I like the blend of history and modern videos

Just came back to my hometown Austin after 18 long years and it’s like a magical place now I’m staying here now

These are two of my favorite cities in Texas! That stretch of I-35 between San Antonio and Austin is no fun as I drove it for the first time last year. I-35 in Austin is about to undergo one of the biggest overhauls in the history of the Interstate Highway System, it is MUCH needed! Did you know they discovered a cavern when building I-35 through Austin? Look up Inner Space Cavern! Also New Braunfels just north of San Antonio was once home to the world's largest convenience store, Buc-cee's! I love Texas and I love Buc-cee's!

Austin is California with HEB, BBQ and humidity

Where my San Antonio people at I. This comment section.🖐️

I just moved to Austin 2 days ago from Hawaii and this showed up in my recommendation! love it here already

Mr Beat deserves millions of subscribers

Native San Antonian here. I think no mention of San Antonio's Fiesta is a huge miss. The best comparison I can draw is that it is San Antonio's version of Mardi Gras or Carnival, and there is no equivalent in Austin that I am aware of.

BMT made San Antonio look like the holy land

As a native of both of these cities since birth - San Antonio drivers are worse, Austin traffic is worse. That said, youre likely to spend an extra 30 minutes in traffic in Austin, sure, but youre likely to be side swiped in San Antonio

You forgot about Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld of Texas in San Antonio and that San Antonio has more Universities including UTSA 30K + students and UIW 10K students, both with D1 football teams. Other universities include Texas A&M San Antonio 7K + students, St Mary's University & Law School, as well as Our Lady of the Lake University and a branch/extension of UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonimo de Mexico).

The issue is that Ivy Taylor is possibly the only politician that thinks about the cities working together instead of against each other. That train between the two should have started happening years ago. And San Antonio should have installed a rail system at least a decade ago.

Fun video! If you make an updated version in the future please note the following: San Antonio is home to the week long celebration “Fiesta - A party with a purpose”. The majority of the proceeds go to charity. Also, you should recognize each of the missions in SA that make up the World Heritage Site. Finally, 5 time NBA champions San Antonio Spurs should be called out. Keep up the great work!

Finally! I’ve been waiting for another compared video for a while

I've lived in San Antonio my whole life and I overall do enjoy living in SA over Austin. However I do applaud Austin's ambition. They are striving to grow and improve much higher than SA is right now. That's why top tier development such as those beautiful tall skyscrapers, and the F1 track are there. I do hope the leaders of SA can grow a pair and strive for a greater city.

When you mentioned the little mountains I immediately thought of a place called enchanted rock I used to go there for scouting to climb and explore the caverns

Great video…after 20 years we moved from Austin to Colorado Springs 2 years ago. We simply couldn’t take another summer there. It’s one thing to live somewhere where it gets hot, but when the temps are between 104-112 for weeks at a time it just beats you down. We love living right at the base of the mountains and are now in our happy place.

San Antonio has a botanical garden too also having spent time in both I can tell you, San Antonio, is a lot better, the people there are just a lot nicer and there's honestly a real sense of community even with such a large population

I love both cities but the fact that there is no passenger rail between Austin and St Antonio is really a shame.

Austin born and raised! A few things you missed from Austin: Bat Fest which is festival celebrating our bat culture and Austin City Limits (ACL) which is a 2 weekend-long fall music festival that attracts a lot of big artists. San Antonio on the other hand, has Fiesta which is a huge Hispanic cultural festival, and I believe San An also has the home of my favorite soda: Big Red

I grew up in Austin and had grandparents in San Antonio. And for some reason, I had no clue that San Antonio had so much going for it. To be honest, I feel like no one ever talked about San Antonio much. I think I assumed it was just kind of...meh. Which is sad! Because of course that's not true. But in my eyes it was just where my grandparents lived, and where we went to Six Flags.

I can attest to 35 being super busy. it will not be long before New Braunfels, San Marcos, Kyle, and Buda close the gaps between SA and Austin. All those small towns are not small anymore

The other reason they are on a precipitational schism is because of the edwards plateau. Both benefit from it...and it is almost a 500 ft change in elevation, that is charged by rains and spits out in springs. Though San Antonio gets quite a bit more brackish water, as opposed to almost none in Austin. That is where Barton Springs comes from.

Traffic in San Antonio has gotten worse but is nothing compared to traffic in Austin- specifically the major roads and highways. The situation is not similar at all. Additionally, Austin is about to embark on a project that will make it A LOT worse in the near future on I-35. San Antonio has also embarked on a similar project "to relieve congestion" but will make I-35 a nightmare for the foreseeable future. My advice is in the next year or so it will be a better choice to drive around both cities

Oh god the traffic, the FUCKING traffic. Thanks for mentioning it.

I live in San Antonio and am glad it is getting acknowledged.

The reason they get so many visitors is because many Mexicans go to these cities especially San Antonio. Also many people like myself from South Texas and surrounding areas visit San Antonio occasionally.

I'm from the Dallas/Ft Worth area and Austin has always been one of my favorite cities! I haven't driven down there since 2016 and from what I've been seeing from a distance it has changed dramatically! That skyline just keeps growing!

Couple of important lbj links you missed: the lake in the middle of town is called lady bird lake, and the biggest rock radio station is KLBJ.

Native San Antonio and current Austin resident here. Great job Mr.Beat everything you said sounded right.

San Antonio should be our capitol. There I said it. It's VASTLY more important to our history and more culturally representative. Austin only exists because Mirabeau Lamar didn't want the capitol in a city named after Sam Houston.

The sequel to Dallas vs Houston

Mr. Beat talking about my home town & favorite town in TX, y'all know it's going to be the best of videos.

As a proud San Antonian it is nice when our city gets any attention...from anyone

I would add that there is a subtle but important difference in the weather between the two cities. Austin is a tad more vulnerable to extreme weather than San Antonio. You will notice more icing conditions and more thunderstorms in Austin.

We went to San Antonio in July it's a dry heat compared to the humidity heat We have in Louisiana.

As a Francoamerican Austinite, it’s super cool to see all these places that I’ve been. Also, we have a small but growing French-speaking community, with at least 25 Native Speakers in the Anderson HS ladder.

Don't forget san antonios botanical garden which is still beautiful when it's not scorching outside And if you want the best tacos or traditional texmex food san antonio is the way to go Austin has some good food I'll admit but it's def more modern food in a sense Born and raised San Antonian here

I lived in Austin for about a year. Big take away from that was finding parking anywhere was a nightmare. I’m not talking street parking or garages. I mean if you go to a restaurant or store their parking lots never seemed big enough to hold all the cars! Other than that I liked the city a lot. San Antonio’s River Walk is very nice. Almost reminds me of Venice, Italy.

Please do Miami and Atlanta compared next please I would really appreciate it that!

Hey Mr. Beat! I love your videos! It's a bit crazy to you making a video about my hometown, San Antonio, and about Austin!

Speaking as someone who lived in both Austin and San Antonio for several years each..I’d say this video is pretty spot on. Austin is a fun place to live if you enjoy live music and dive bars, and San Antonio is a great place to live if you’re looking for that true authentic Texas vibe..plus SA has better tacos..that’s not an opinion..it’s a fact

great video. I'm from San Antonio and everything was very accurate. Both cities are great and different depending what you are looking for.

Hey, Mr. Beat. You should definitely do a comparison video on the two big cities in Scotland, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Appreciate you mentioning the first SA settlers coming from the Canary Islands where I'm from.

San Antonio is by far a better place to live than Austin, if you're not a young adult or homeless (it's starting to look like San Francisco) We have Six Flags and Sea World, Fiesta, much better food. Like you mentioned, It's cheaper to live here, we have a better zoo, several universities, good public and private schools. Oh yeah, and our Fire Department is also the best :)

I'm a Boston transplant who has lived in SA for 23 years, 15 of that right downtown. I'm still looking for that Wow factor. Note that the San Antonio river (the Riverwalk), and the newly opened San Pedro creek walk are both supplemented with reclaimed water (from the toilet water processing plant). The people without homes pee at will and it smells it downtown. Pay attention when driving here; cutting in and out of traffic lanes without using a turn signal is a thing here along with failing to yield as taught during all of our driving lessons. During the summer it's Africa hot. And I'm still looking for that Wow factor.