can someone tell me about san antonio?

Answer 1

San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the US and the second largest in Texas. It is the second fastest growing major city in the US. It is culturally diverse, thoiugh it has a historic and significant hispanic heritage. There is also a significant German, Dutch and Czech heritage also. An area of the original city, now called La Villita was settled by immigrants from the Canary Islands.

There is a large economic base, with significant tourism and support of the three remaining military bases in the city (there were at one time 5 bases)

The San Fernando Cathedral founded in 1731 is the oldest cathedral in the US. There were 5 Spanish Missions built in San Antonio, Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan, Mission Espada, and the Mission San Antonio de Valero. The fifth is also known as the Alamo to many and was the site of a famous battle in the War for Texas Independence. David Crockett, James Bowie, and William "Buck" Travis were killed along with all the other defenders when less than 200 Texians and Tejanos held out for 13 days against over 5000 Mexican soldiers under General Santa Ana the Dictator of Mexico.

That which is called the San Antonio Metropolitan Area is 7, 340.5 sq. miles, and includes all or part of 8 counties. 16 cities and several small towns and residential communities. The metropolitan statistical area has a population of approximately 2 million people and increase 2.8% from 2005-2006. The North Central area od San Antonio is the most rapidly developing area growing between 50-60% based on census estimates (includes parts of Comal County) Current projections indicate San Antonio will increase in population by approximately 1 million people in the next 20 years.
Average home is between $100,000-$160,000 with the largest number of these houses (65%) being 2-3 bedroom homes.

Thre are numerous activities and restaurants, including Sea World, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and Schlitterbahn. There are 13 Colleges and Universities in the city. Major parks include: Brackenridge, Friedrich, McAllister, Milam, Pearsall, Rosedale, San Pedro Springs, O.P.Schnabel, South Side Lions, Walker Ranch, and Woodlawn Lake. There are several major cultural and art intitutions in the city. The heart of the city is centered around the Paseo del Rio (Riverwalk) which has restaurants, clubs, shops, and hotels along the San Antonio River, and barges give tours of the river and large numbers of people gather.

Recently the San Antonio Spurs a local franchise of the NBA won the 4 th National Championship. They are heralded around town, and it is almost a city requirement to love the Spurs. (Though my daughter is not to fond of them) We also have the Silver Stars of the WNBA who made the playoffs this year, The San Antonio Missions Double A Baseball Team, also in the playoffs. And we have the San Antonio Rampage AHL Hockey Team. Annually we have the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo which has been awarded the best indoor rodeo for the past several years.

There are numerous outdoor activities and most are enjoyed year round. We are surrounded by lakes and rivers and are less than 3 hours from the coast.

The South Texas Medical Center is the home of the University of Texas Health Science Center and Several highly rated hospitals and medical research facilities, and new medical facilty centers are being built in the Stone Oak Area and contemplated for south San Antonio.

The must do activities for the area are:
Tubing, spending a leisurely day riding an inner tube on an area river.
Raspa, eating a raspa (snowcone) in the Main Plaza or El Mercado downtown.
Zoo, the SA Zoo is one of the largest in the country.
The Tower of the Americas, built for the 1968 World's Fair - Hemisfair 68, the 750 ft tower gives you a view of the city where you can eat a meal or enjoy a drink.
The Missions, (mentioned before)
The Springs, swim in the cool waters the the sping fed pool at San Pedro Springs Park
The Spurs, enough said
Splash, at Sea Worls
NIOSA, Night in Old San ANtonio during the annual Fiesta Celebration is a crushing madhouse of fun. It has to be experienced, wear steel toed shoes.
The Tejano Cunjunto Festival, every may a celebration of Tejano Music
The McNay Art Museum, its an art museum
San Antonio Botanical Gardens, home to Shakespeare in the Park and the monthly concert under the stars series.
Underground Texas, See the caverns in some of the local caverns like Naturl Bridge Caverns or Cavern Without A Name
Riverwalk at Christmas, all the lights and festivities are great
Football, this is Texas and Friday nights are reserved for football, as is Saturday and Sunday and for a few Monday and Thursday. (I just watch on rare occasions)
Dance Hall, Got to go dancing at a dance hall like Floore's Country Store or Grune Hall.
The Broadway Series at he Majestic
The San Antonio Symphony
Jazz Alive, an annual jazz festival bringing jazz musicians including major stars to the city (free at Travis Park)
Late Nite at Mi Tierra, a San Antonio Staple Mi Tierra in El Mercado open all night is the late nite place to be.
Southtown, the first friday of the month is party time in the artsy section of SA Southtown, Live Music, Street Vendors, and Art Galleries open up for a grand party.

Theres a lot to do, and great weather, and to those of us who love our city, it is the perfect place to live or visit.

EDIT: sorry about the typos, oops :-(

Answer 2

If you are a typical middle-American type of person it is just what you want. BUT if you are someone with tremendous intelligence or star-quality talent, you would not fit in. A lot of the choice spots are already taken by people who are, at best, adequate at what they do. But no one in San Antonio really wants to work for excellence. It's more important to them to take it easy, party with friends, join in with all the usual stuff.
No great artists live in San Antonio. The really good ones move to places like New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Los Angeles, etc.

Answer 3

OH , I love San Antonio! The Riverwalk is the best, so many restaurants, eating along side the river, the history of the place, it's great. I stayed at the Menger hotel, I loved it, sitting in the bar where Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders hung out, how cool. The Alamo is pretty neat as well. A lot of homeless people though!

Answer 4

It's a beautiful charming historic big town fast becoming a bigger than life city. Lots of fun things to do and wonderful places to live. It is sunny normally on average over 250 days a year. We rarely have a day under 50 degrees. We are at the bottom of the hill country and are only 2 hours from the beach. We are about 750 ft above sea level. It's going to be especially exciting when Disney breaks ground in about 5 years in Seguin. This is not a rumor. I heard it from one of the Disney personnel staying in Seguin during a meeting with some of the government officials. This is going to be a wild west type of Disney with the Mickey in Cowboy clothes and lots of informatin on the Pecos and Geronimo and the Alamo. It's going to be both fun and historical. I am really looking forward to it.

Answer 5

horrible place frequented mostly by criminals. the entire city is a garbage dump. noone takes pride in the city, people care only about the spurs and absolutely nothing else. litter is everywhere. noone here knows how to drive. blinkers are apparently things that are absent from drivers ed courses. no healthy places to eat, all the food is doused in gallons of grease. oh and it is true, a vast majority of both the female and male population is morbidly obese. all the jobs are low paying, the cost of living is similar to other big cities while property value is low, primarily bc of supply and demand, meaning their is little demand. the entire city smells like an exhaust pipe as well. i lived in other places which i wish i could say were worse, san antonio by far has been my worst living experience.

Answer 6

When was the last census done San Antonio Texas?

Answer 7

Alamo
Riverwalk
Sea World
Six Flags
Zoo

Answer 8

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It makes the players looks cool and full of spirit and energy, and what is more important, it makes them feel comfortable that they can play well in the games.

Answer 9

Its one of the greatest places to live. A large multi cultural city with pride and we know how to throw a party!

Answer 10

its...interesting...there's um the riverwalk, alamo
lots of tex-mex places