Customer Reviews

Edge Austin (Edge Guides)

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I have lived in Austin for 5 months now, and still find that I carry this book around with me and use it to guide me around the city. I think the highest compliment for this book is the fact that friends of mine who have glanced through it find it to be right on target as to what is worth visiting. And these are Austin natives. It is especially useful in helping us who choose not to partake in the whole "fraternity/college" nightlife and hang out with the rest of the music geeks on 6th street. The best investment I made before moving down here!

This is by far the best travel guide I've come across for ANY city. Finally a travel guide that doesn't seem to be written by a tourist. My only complaint is that Edge Guides can't be found in more cities.

This is more of a guide to living in Austin than traveling in Austin, although I imagine it would be helpful for the latter as well. Even though it's out-of-date, it gave me a great sense of the different neighborhoods and hang-outs when I moved to Austin. Thank God for guides that are subjective and tell it like it is, not read like the venue paid for product placement.

I wish they'd make a new version -- a lot of the places listed are closed or have moved. Still, it gives you a sense of place better than ANY book of its kind, with the possible exception of the NFT series for New York, Boston & SF. In fact, the Edge guide doles out information kind of like a prehistoric NFT.