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Sheng-ji Yang posted:I really only hear the "blue in a sea of red" thing from non-Texans who moved here from out of state to justify moving to Texas/why Austin is ok despite Texas Bad. That's funny because, while I knew Austin was liberal before moving here, I've heard that particular phrase only from Texas natives.
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Let's all just agree that Greg Abbott is a disaster and actively makes me feel embarrassed, and if he died I'd be happy even though I'd sort of feel bad about that
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computer parts posted:It's almost as though the point was that Austin is no better than the rest of Texas, not that Austin is uniquely horrible. If Austin is passing anti-segregation ordinances, and the rest of Texas gets together to reverse them and ban anti-segregation forever then yeah that means Austin is better than the rest of Texas. Turning around and denouncing Austin "hypocrisy" for not being any less segregated than the rest of the state after the rest of the state banned them from integrating is pretty hilarious though.  See you self-righteous liberals won't live next to black people in your own town, shows how deep your beliefs really go Actually we would, and we're going to start No you're not allowed to.
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Why are you guys arguing with an Aggie about Austin.
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zoux posted:Why are you guys arguing with an Aggie about Austin. I'm not even saying Austin is terrible though (at least outside of traffic which no one can really dispute). 
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computer parts posted:I'm not even saying Austin is terrible though (at least outside of traffic which no one can really dispute). Go play in it why don't you. Wish HEB would open 24hr stores. Hate giving Wal-Mart business, even for emergency item purchases like gauze bandages and Neosporin that I couldn't put off for a few hours last night.
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Jan 20, 2016 18:24
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Austin, like the rest of the state, is inside of Texas. That makes it full on Texan, and just like the rest of the state, Austin is terrible in it own special and unique snowflake way. You can't be a part of this state with out getting your feet in the cow patties. Also the state legislature is pants on head, comic book levels of crazy and petty. Just because they hold dear their chances to gently caress with Austin doesn't mean you should be running around trying to tar us with the same brush. They pulled this same kind of poo poo over turning the municipal frackig ban in that one town on the Eagle Ford Shale. They'll get big government whenever it suits them, I'm sure they just consider sticking it to those commie liberals a fringe benefit for protecting the wealthy.
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Jan 20, 2016 18:51
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MariusLecter posted:Go play in it why don't you. HEB has 24hr stores.
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jaegerx posted:HEB has 24hr stores. But not near me 
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zoux posted:Why are you guys arguing with an Aggie about Austin. Lol Aggies will take any chance to rant about Austin or UT Longhorns meanwhile don't give 2 shits about Aggies
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Great Observer article about Stickland's Tea Party rally this week, as well as the broader temp of the House.
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zoux posted:Great Observer article about Stickland's Tea Party rally this week, as well as the broader temp of the House.
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His twitter game is extremely strong.
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blue squares posted:Let's all just agree that Greg Abbott is a disaster and actively makes me feel embarrassed, and if he died I'd be happy even though I'd sort of feel bad about that Governor Dan Patrick. 
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Commie NedFlanders posted:Lol Somebody doesn't read the college football thread very often.
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Longhorns are still a thing? lol
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Dameius posted:Austin, like the rest of the state, is inside of Texas. That makes it full on Texan, and just like the rest of the state, Austin is terrible in it own special and unique snowflake way. You can't be a part of this state with out getting your feet in the cow patties. Sure, but there is difference between getting just your feet in cow patties versus drowning in it.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Governor Dan Patrick. Dan Patrick wouldn't be able to do as much harm if he was Governor. The Lieutenant Governor has traditionally been the most powerful office in the state. Perry was the only exception to that rule and that was mostly because he managed to stick around long enough to fill every single goddamn possible appointed position in the state with one of his cronies. Dameius posted:Austin, like the rest of the state, is inside of Texas. That makes it full on Texan, and just like the rest of the state, Austin is terrible in it own special and unique snowflake way. You can't be a part of this state with out getting your feet in the cow patties. True, but our terribleness has a lot more to do with Alex Jones-style craziness and conspiracy-mongering than what we usually get called out for in this thread.
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The number one issue affecting Austin is affordability. Without a doubt. I've had several friends leave because they encountered this dilemma: To afford Austin's luxuries requires working more hours, which means less time to enjoy the very things you're paying a premium to do. The result is to say gently caress it and move, where at least you'll have more money, or more time.
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How ironic that such a liberal hippie city can only be truly appreciated by the rich conservative capitalists thst they hate.
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oldpainless posted:How ironic that such a liberal hippie city can only be truly appreciated by the rich conservative capitalists thst they hate. I don't think gentrification is that ironic but ymmv
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oldpainless posted:How ironic that such a liberal hippie city can only be truly appreciated by the rich conservative capitalists thst they hate. But the cause of this is conservatism, and the solution to this is progressivism, so it's not ironic at all.
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I don't know what that word means
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Commie NedFlanders posted:Lol Pardon me, but gently caress Texas A&M and their creepy fake army that worships a dog.
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Commie NedFlanders posted:Lol MariusLecter posted:Longhorns are still a thing? lol zoux posted:Why are you guys arguing with an Aggie about Austin. So this UT engineer from the city decides to move out to the countryside and retire. He gets himself an old farm, and decides to do it the organic, old fasioned way. He buys an old plow and a mule to pull it with. Well, there's a reason they say things are 'as stuberon as a mule'. He fights it. He whips it. Nothing happens, it just stands there. Meanwhile, there's an Aggie in overalls watching him from the far side of his fence. Finally the guy looks over at the Aggie, throws his hands up in disgust, and asks him if he can do any better. The Aggie slowly nods, and steps through the barbed wire and comes over to inspect the mule. He reaches down and pulls a bit of straw from the ground. He holds it up to the light and looks through it. Then when he's satisfied that it's suitable for the job he sticks it up the muie's rear end and blows on it. The mule takes off faster then it's ever moved in it's life and the Longhorn plows part of his field. The next day he's out bright and early, eats his biscuits and gravy and gets his mule. He hitches it up and it just stands there, huffing. He whips it. He pushes it. He screams. Meanwhile the Aggie is there again, standing by the fence in his overalls and chewing on a weed. Finally the UT engineer reaches down and grabs a piece of straw and sticks it up the mules rear end and blows on it. Nothing happens, so finally he once again asks the Aggie for help. The Aggie slowly walks over, looks at the straw in the mules rear end, and pulls it out. He holds it up to the sun, stares down it, and then turns it the other way around and feeds it back up into the mule. Then he leans in and blows on it. The mule takes off, and the Longhorn finishes plowing his field. When he's done, he goes on over to the Aggie, who is still leaning on the fence, and asks him, "How'd you know that the straw was in backwards?" The Aggie blinks at him. "Backwards? I don't know, I just knew I sure as hell wasn't going to blow on the same end you did!"
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PostNouveau posted:Pardon me, but gently caress Texas A&M and their creepy fake army that worships a dog. And there was chalk graffiti in a pedestrian tunnel which said "Life goals =" and a stick-figure drawing of a two-parent, two-children family. My oh my, this is very different from Austin... It was pretty lovely in its way, actually. They deffo take advantage of "space." oldpainless posted:How ironic that such a liberal hippie city can only be truly appreciated by the rich conservative capitalists thst they hate. oldpainless posted:I don't know what that word means BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jan 21, 2016 |
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PostNouveau posted:Pardon me, but gently caress Texas A&M and their creepy fake army that worships a dog. Call them brownshirts, they get really mad when you do that. Omi-Polari posted:The time I visited College Station, I got the impression that this is what Texas would look like if it was ruled by a totalitarian regime that was really into football. The huge, Soviet-looking buildings and jackbooted (literally) seniors added to the whole vibe. There's a whole bunch I could write about the clusterfuck there but no one cares. Tl;dr though is that the administration is trying to massively increase enrollment for various reasons. This has the benefit of actually spurring development (we finally have a building that's more than 12 stories tall!) but generates a whole lot of constructions and congestion. computer parts fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jan 21, 2016 |
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Austin residents get so butthurt whenever you remind that they too are part of Texas. I grew up around Houston, I currently live in DFW, and I spent enough summers with cousins in Austin that I can say it loving sucks everywhere. You just gotta find your happy place. I've found plenty in Houston and DFW, and while I am aware there are plenty of places in Austin I can enjoy the fact is I've gotta share em with some of the douchiest people I've met in the state. Austin itself isn't the problem. It's the arrogance and circle jerking.
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Shinjobi posted:Austin itself isn't the problem. It's the arrogance and circle jerking. You really do sound like one of them lesser Texas who doesn't live in Austin. 
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I live in Austin. Does anyone want a free microwave. Otherwise I'm giving it to anarchists. You have one week.
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Omi-Polari posted:I live in Austin.
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enraged_camel posted:You really do sound like one of them lesser Texas who doesn't live in Austin. I actually wander the streets in rags begging for cheeseburgers.
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You've given me an idea...Watermelon Daiquiri posted:make a cyclotron fade5 posted:Give it to the anarchists.
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Houston is the best city in the state. Not even a discussion. Interesting Texas political discussion outside of AustinSucksChat surrounds Governor Abbot calling for a constitutional convention to roll back 20th century gains (and some some 19th century ones -- peace out Marbury v. Madison).
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Omi-Polari posted:Same here. I'm frankly at a loss what to do or what's even politically possible. Gentrification seems to me an issue like immigration, where both sides are in effect saying "build a wall" but it's really not that simple. Build up and make zoning less hostile to splitting lots and multifamily projects. The trouble is that the homeowners who bought in the 80s and 90s are not directly affected by the housing shortage, and place greater priority on the neighborhood looking like they remember than on the teacher at the school being able to live there. They got large sections of Austin downzoned, aggressively enforce deed restrictions, and work to preserve single family only neighborhood plans which are treated like the writ of God. So the construction occurs in areas that didn't then or doesn't now have the political pull to block it - East Austin. A little article about the fight between developer and existing homeowners, in general: http://cityobservatory.org/homevoters-v-the-growth-machine/
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Omi-Polari posted:The time I visited College Station, I got the impression that this is what Texas would look like if it was ruled by a totalitarian regime that was really into football. The huge, Soviet-looking buildings and jackbooted (literally) seniors added to the whole vibe. Thankfully a lot of the brutalist architecture from the 70s/80s is being torn down or renovated away
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Ohtsam posted:Thankfully a lot of the brutalist architecture from the 70s/80s is being torn down or renovated away RIP Zachry building.
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Shifty Pony posted:Build up and make zoning less hostile to splitting lots and multifamily projects. MY PROPERTY VALUES!@!!!!
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