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Vol. 1 · No. 09 · October 2026Field notes from the west side of AustinLake TravisHighway 71West Austin

The Westsider: field notes from the west side of Austin, by Diana Roberts

Illustration, not to scale: limestone hills with homes west of the Balcones Fault, and the same rock layers lower on the east under deep clay, with a buried volcano below

Cover story · No. 09 · October 2026

Rock solid. A head start, west of Austin.

Austin’s fault line has been quiet for about 20 million years, and it left the west side of Austin up on limestone. Why that gives a home a head start, and what I still check on every address.

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Inside 78738: One ZIP Code, Seven Different Markets

Bee Cave, Serene Hills, Rough Hollow, Lake Pointe, Falconhead, Sweetwater and Spanish Oaks share one ZIP code and very little else when it comes to value. How Diana reads each one.