TIL finding a quiet coworking spot in Austin took me 3 weeks longer than I thought

I moved to Austin last month and thought I'd just pop into any coworking space and get a day pass. Nope. The first three places I tried were either totally packed or had this weird loud music situation that made calls impossible. It took me like 22 days to realize I needed to actually visit during my work hours not just tour at 2pm when it's dead. Finally found a spot in East Austin that's quiet before noon which is perfect for my schedule. Has anyone else had to trial a bunch of spots before finding the right one?

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sagejackson14d ago

Honestly I went through this exact thing but with coffee shops in San Antonio last year. Tried like 7 different spots before I found one that had reliable wifi and wasn't blasting reggaeton at 9am. The worst was this place near the Pearl that looked perfect online but turned out to be basically a nightclub with laptops. Ended up settling on a tiny shop off South Alamo where the owner knows my order and keeps a fan pointed at my usual corner table. Took me a solid month to figure out my routine.

carr.luna14d ago

Respectfully gotta disagree with @sagejackson on this one. Blasting music at 9am sounds like a nightmare for focus but honestly some people need that energy to work. I'd rather have noise than dead silence where every keyboard click echoes. At least with loud music you can zone it out or throw on headphones. Dead quiet coffee shops make me feel like I'm in a library where someone's gonna shush me for breathing. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

shane_wilson13d ago

Read somewhere that moderate background noise actually boosts creativity for certain tasks.