Is the Hill Country Galleria Really Considered Austin? aka Do People Really Spend $2,000 A Month To Rent Apartments There?

So very sorry for the super-longified title but it had to be done. Yes, the Galleria is nice and it is enjoyable to walk around in a mall where you can get run over by a car at any second. Plus you don't have to worry about crowds (because there are none!) or having to lug around bags of merchandise (because you can just stop at Barton Square Mall en route and buy what you need at all the same stores).

I should also mention that the Hill Country Galleria is quite far from Austin. I guess if you live in and around Lake Travis it isn't too far but then I don't think that should be considered Austin either. I've driven through Lakeway and um, I just don't get it. I guess for all the people who's primary goal is to have more and better stuff than everyone around them, the Galleria is perfect. Plus it will keep them out of the downtown area so everybody wins.

We ate dinner at the somewhat famous Rosie's Tamale House which is right down the road from the Galleria. The salsa was great and the tamales were good. Not much ambience, a big room with cheap decor. It is what it is, nothing more and nothing less.