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South Austin sits on Chicago’s West Side, with a largely residential street grid and access to the green spaces and busy commercial corridors of the broader Austin area. The neighborhood experiences four distinct seasons, including cold, snowy winters and warm, humid summers. Austin Town Hall Park offers open space and recreation, while the Austin Branch of the Chicago Public Library provides a neighborhood library. Along nearby commercial streets, everyday shops, cafés and casual dining add convenient stops; the wider Austin area also has historic architecture and community arts and cultural programming. Getting around is possible by CTA bus and rail, with connections to other parts of Chicago, as well as by car on the city’s arterial streets. For South Austin, the median rent is $1,650 per month, with a typical range of $700 to $10,063.