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Edgar Allen Ho posted:hahaha way too late buddy. TEAMS, TAAS, and ITBS for some reason. You young punk. And the reason we have burdensome testing requirements is to make money for education consultants.
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Jiro posted:https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/03/texas-greg-abbott-austin-police/ I really want to see the proposal, or better yet some actual analysis of it. If nothing else, Abbott is a do-nothing governor, I find it hard to believe this is anything more than an empty threat because he generally doesn't pursue major changes like this.
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FoolyCharged posted:I mean, I don't inherently disagree with standardized tests. You want any kid in Texas to be given roughly the same quality education, or at the very least a certain benchmark of education, on the same material. You can't know that a school is producing kids who dont know basic math without testing for it. There’s a system where standardized testing is used for benchmarking and ensuring quality of education. That system hasn’t exist in like 30 years.
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You heard it here first, folks. Travis County is going to swing the election for Biden.
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https://twitter.com/scottbraddock/status/1301879912475824133 wow who knew dan patrick had an absolute dump truck rear end (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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i say swears online posted:god that Abbott tweet has some choice replies The Austin Reddit looks like that too. I will never understand the level of irrational hatred for individuals who are homeless. All that said, apparently that conspiracy to bring in homeless to rig the election has happened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneesh_movement
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Cross posting from the Austin Thread: Seriously gently caress WilCo cops and deputies. https://www.statesman.com/news/20200903/her-neighbors-called-for-help-when-deputies-came-they-attacked-abuse-victim Austin American Statesman posted:The young woman who answered her apartment door in an oversize AC/DC T-shirt had scratch marks on her neck.
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Jiro posted:Cross posting from the Austin Thread: Holy poo poo this is horrifying
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Repeat or not, as a lifelong Texan born in DFW and living in Houston with many, many trips to Austin and SA, it is 100% accurate every time it's posted.
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:The Austin Reddit looks like that too. I will never understand the level of irrational hatred for individuals who are homeless. By loving Republicans. So not at all what right wingers are complaining about. The lesson I have learned from the last five years is that if the Republicans are complaining about a problem they either are doing it or caused it.
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Shooting Blanks posted:Holy poo poo this is horrifying Respond to a domestic abuse call, literally gets told that I'm afraid of y'all because you have a reputation of being violent. Proves that fear 100% accurate by abusing said possible victim
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Panty Saluter posted:900 posts behind so sorry if this is a repeat
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Sardonik posted:I thought the whole point of Houston was that it was affordable to live there? Housing costs have skyrocketed here as you get closer to the urban core. 5 years ago it was pretty affordable, 10 years ago it was extremely affordable compared to almost every other major metro area.
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SirKibbles posted:Respond to a domestic abuse call, literally gets told that I'm afraid of y'all because you have a reputation of being violent. Reminds me of when the Harris County DA decided to put a rape victim in jail to ensure she would testify.
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It's still not bad relatively, but on an absolute scale it is starting to get pricey in certain parts of the city.
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That really doesn't sound any different from any other major metro in the country. Late stage capitalism will devour us all.
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Houston suburbs are affordable. Where white people live close to downtown is not. Gentrifying locations to the east of and north of downtown are for right now, but are quickly being built up for the influx of white people moving back in.
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Panty Saluter posted:900 posts behind so sorry if this is a repeat I'm not douchey
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Roumba posted:Wasn't there an article by Texas Tribune or someone just last year about how ~20% of renters in Houston's city limit spend 50% of their take home pay on rent or something insanely depressing like that? hahahaha god imagine how nice that would be. I pay 60% now and two years ago it was 75%
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At least the hurricanes and climate change will reduce housing prices
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Shooting Blanks posted:Holy poo poo this is horrifying The worst part is the dumbfuck neighbor being all "She begged us not to call!  " right before the cops slam her to the ground.
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Roumba posted:Wasn't there an article by Texas Tribune or someone just last year about how ~20% of renters in Houston's city limit spend 50% of their take home pay on rent or something insanely depressing like that? Man I'm in that 20% thanks to my salary being cut thanks to the oil industry making GBS threads itself. I'm also got double hosed because I signed a long lease on this apartment right before that happened, maybe triple hosed because the company I work for fired like 80% of its employees, sold off 70% of what was left and now is going to move somewhere else, which might be goddamn anywhere. But yeah compared to even a few years ago apartment rents have gotten insane around here, seems that every apartment complex is getting torn down or renovated into "luxury" apartments (same apartment but lovely stone countertops and lovely vinyl fake wood flooring) and the price jacked up 50-100% more than what it used to be. I remember 10 years ago renting apartments for 500 a month that are now $1200 with no updates in that time.
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Jesus christ. I hadn't heard much about oil layoffs since the initial market crash. Were they some idiot refiner or well drilling outfit that was way over leveraged or what?
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Numlock posted:Man I'm in that 20% thanks to my salary being cut thanks to the oil industry making GBS threads itself. I'm also got double hosed because I signed a long lease on this apartment right before that happened, maybe triple hosed because the company I work for fired like 80% of its employees, sold off 70% of what was left and now is going to move somewhere else, which might be goddamn anywhere. There are still deals to be found if you start your search a little bit in advance and know what you're looking for. The giant complexes are awful, same for property management places but you can still do alright.
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Houston's sprawled out so there's still a shitload of suburbs and east Houston is still affordable (provided you like cancer from all the refineries and superfund sites). But what most people like and know about Houston is within the Loop which is where all the gentrifying and increasing housing costs have been happening.
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