Austin, TX is a great historic place to raise a family. It is the capital city of Texas and is just large enough to have to have all the culture and educational opportunities you could need. Austin has several suburbs that would make a wonderful place for a family to grow and thrive.
One of the best places to get detailed information on any city is city-data.com. They also have full school information on their site as well. They have a full page on Austin at: http://www.City-data.com/city/Austin-Texas.html. There are many upscale to middle-class Neighborhoods that are safe to families, such as Oltorf, Tarrytown, Travis Heights, and West Campus. There are many discussion boards about this very subject.
This is another place that is helpful search before moving as many people responding live there or knows someone that does. Some of these are: http://www. City-data.com/forum/texas/25926-best-place-raise-family-texas.
Html http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100209201254AAEwt1X This site has many interesting points of view on several suburbs: http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-best-place-to-raise-your-kids.html.
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