SEVEN WEIRD THINGS ABOUT AUSTIN

38th Street and 35th Street intersect.
Lamar Boulevard has no beginning and no end -- it just fades into other roads. There is a distinction between North Lamar and South Lamar, but opinions differ about where the division happens -- some say its at 6th Street, and some say its south of the river.
Town Lake is really the Colorado River, but nobody knows where its boundaries are, either. It runs through the middle of Austin, and everyone would say that the Congress Avenue bridge passes over it, but does Interstate 35? You'll get different answers. They might say that it runs over the river, and not the lake.
The official name of the Congress Avenue Bridge is the "Lady Bird Johnson Memorial Bridge". Nobody calls it that. Its probably the largest structure in the world named after a woman who wanted it torn down.
The places that were considered bad neighborhoods twenty years ago -- they're now unaffordable. The places that were considered good neighborhoods then -- they have now ascended to Heaven.
It's illegal to smoke in Austin bars and restaurants. It's fully illegal before about 9pm. From about 9 until around midnight, it's still fairly illegal. After midnight, it's a matter of who cares and who doesn't.
Any famous band has probably played here at least once.