Hyde Park is the best to live in central Austin imo, White folks taken over the east side, so thats a bust anyway ....many houses and privately owned apt complexes with smaller management over in the Hyde Park area, so you can find cheaper rent if you look. There are literally hundreds of these 10 to 15 unit apts over here in this area. I pay 800 for a 1 br and i'm still close to everything, could ride a bike downtown in 5 mins, i can go to the east side easily from dean keaton and 2 mins away from Mount Bonnell...
life is good over here. I have not had a job in 3 years, i put my apt on air bnb a few times a month to pay my rent and use the money from my business to travel n shyt.