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I mean in Austin today it’s not just a few folks - anyone who bought a house before like, 2000? is rich as poo poo now.
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Huh, I guess I did go to a lot of house parties that had a fire in the backyard, I didn’t know we were doing a thing, I just figured it was because I had some crunchy friends that liked camping
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May 28, 2020 16:15
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We literally grabbed a shovel and dug a firepit in a friend's backyard one time so that we could have a fire to hang out around during a party. That's really sad to me.
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Badger of Basra posted:I mean in Austin today it’s not just a few folks - anyone who bought a house before like, 2000? is rich as poo poo now. This is true, but if your house doubled in value so did all the other equivalent houses so in order to actually realize those gains you would have to sell your house and by a shittier house or move somewhere with cheaper real estate.
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about a year ago i took a shovel, rubber mallet, and pile of bricks and dug out my own 2'x2'x2' pit. it owns, and i invite people over for smoked chicken/smores/popcorn a lot. i scope the neighborhood on monday mornings to see if anyone cut up a tree over the weekend, pack as much as i can in the trunk, then let it dry in the back yard for a few weeks.
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May 28, 2020 16:42
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LanceHunter posted:One of my working theories on "Austin's Problem" is that the city grew up with absolutely no sense of noblesse oblige. how dare you, austin sponsors tens of thousands of philanthropic H1-B visas
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LanceHunter posted:One of my working theories on "Austin's Problem" is that the city grew up with absolutely no sense of noblesse oblige. There's plenty of truth to this post but from what I've seen, I think the real issue is that the city never really reconciled its segregated past, bestowing on itself the title of liberal bastion without having the real renaissance.
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D-Pad posted:This is true, but if your house doubled in value so did all the other equivalent houses so in order to actually realize those gains you would have to sell your house and by a shittier house or move somewhere with cheaper real estate. You move north and go on Fixer Upper
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D-Pad posted:This is true, but if your house doubled in value so did all the other equivalent houses so in order to actually realize those gains you would have to sell your house and by a shittier house or move somewhere with cheaper real estate. The folks who were smart/lucky enough to be able to get a rental property in the 90s are doing quite well. Surprisingly, this was within the reach of a lot of a lot of state government employees back then (especially if they were buying run-down places on the East Side). I know one guy who retired from the state and living better now off his rentals than he ever did when he was working. Then I've got another friend who is a semi-retired veterinarian who has one rental property right near downtown. She gets multiple calls a week from people trying to buy the house, but she's got this old hippie guy who is the long-term tenant and is trying to do right by him. She only charges him rent equal to the property tax on the place and has said that she's gonna wait until he's gone then she'll sell the place and make enough money to buy a nice-sized ranch out West. Kull the Conqueror posted:There's plenty of truth to this post but from what I've seen, I think the real issue is that the city never really reconciled its segregated past, bestowing on itself the title of liberal bastion without having the real renaissance. Yeah, Austin's racial politics is a whole other conversation and a major problem. Though as much as Dallas and Houston like to dunk on Austin for its segregation and racism, those problems exist in every city in Texas (the other cities just managed to build up enough white-flight suburbs to make the numbers within their city limits look less-bad).
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LanceHunter posted:Yeah, Austin's racial politics is a whole other conversation and a major problem. Though as much as Dallas and Houston like to dunk on Austin for its segregation and racism, those problems exist in every city in Texas (the other cities just managed to build up enough white-flight suburbs to make the numbers within their city limits look less-bad). Anecdote vs data and all, but part of what gave Austin its reputation was the holier than thou condescension of being the enlightened liberal city in a state of racist hicks. Meanwhile in other cities, Houston especially, you had this ugly simmering stew of forced cultural mixing as the city became more and more diverse over the decades. Then eventually things started jelling, obviously not perfectly, but in a way that really stamped it as its own multicultural identity and it had to do that by tackling its hosed up past. Again, not to say it did it fully or that there aren't still problems, but it feels like its done in a way that Austin never did and I'd wager never can until Austin has its own identity crisis.
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"but our property values!" is the rallying cry of PMC liberals who are ok with the concept of minorities, just not in their neighborhoods
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General Dog posted:You move north and go on Fixer Upper There was also that year the property brothers were in Austin 
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One thing that stuck with me from the class I took in college on the economics of cities is that city living in America tends to be a transitory experience (or at least, living in the actual urban center as opposed to just being part of the wider metropolitan area). People go to the city earlier in their lives, and then by the time they've left the city, they've increased their earning potential from the experience of living in the city. I don't remember a lot of the details, and I suspect that more dense places like Europe are more culturally disposed towards long-term city living, but that's stuck with me. It's one of the few points in favor of landlords, the fact that a lot of tenants may only be there temporarily while landlords will be the ones more disposed towards thinking about the long-term viability of the building. Of course, there's a lot of big assumptions there, and it doesn't validate a lot of other poo poo landlords do. Proud Christian Mom posted:"but our property values!" is the rallying cry of PMC liberals who are ok with the concept of minorities, just not in their neighborhoods If you staple ethnic diversity issues to income inequality, it simplifies discrimination, because America is much more comfortable about openly discriminating against the poor and doesn't even bother with the awkward obfuscation they do about racial issues.
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I think the point about Austin's racial issues is pretty important. I believe it was when I went to school there, but maybe a bit before, that it had the distinction - if accurate - of being the major city with the most PhDs per capita while also being the most segregated major city. It really does remind me a lot of Northern California in that regard, where I'll be out with friends or people I know well in populated areas and I get to ask them - Democrats all - "So where are the black people?!" while they get all uncomfortable. EDIT: I am currently commandeering the jukebox at a local barbecue joint to play Who's Gonna Build Your Wall by Tom Russell to rankle the 'necks. Just happens to be a great song! Heritage not hate y'all! ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 19:40 on May 28, 2020 |
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At least it was extremely satisfying to see Travis county go for Bernie at least in the primary. Even if it is a sea of clueless white bougie fucks, there are the seeds here for something better. I guess what I'm saying here is join Austin DSA, new goon project. 
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I love Tex-Mex, but it is a disaster in terms of nutrition lolol. Here children, pour this bottle of oil down your throat, with some masa harina and bean sprinklings, then wash it down with a Dr. Pepper. On the plus side, you won't die of hunger, which is the immediate concern, and there's a dialysis center with an insulin dispensary next door that offers a 10% coupon for your meal here after every visit. Remember your friends at Taco Cabana!
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Sardonik posted:At least it was extremely satisfying to see Travis county go for Bernie at least in the primary. Even if it is a sea of clueless white bougie fucks, there are the seeds here for something better. Lubbock was going for Bernie until late into the night and it was the one time I was ever happy for being born there
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So which is the best city in Texas?
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Disnesquick posted:So which is the best city in Texas? We just got done with our last bullshit cycle on food so might as well move on to the next topic. Houston. But also it depends on what you want out of where you live.
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If you gave me a choice Id take San Antonio or Houston in a heartbeat
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Miller is rad and I was really sad when I moved out of Houston and found out it was pretty unique to the city.
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Disnesquick posted:So which is the best city in Texas? gently caress you buddy
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Dameius posted:We just got done with our last bullshit cycle on food so might as well move on to the next topic. Yeah I did have that moment of self realization a second after I posted. I apologize for kicking the hornets' nest. My real gripe with Houston is that, in a sea of outrageously good food, the pizza here absolutely sucks. Places billed to me by family as the best are well below what I could get in a London pub. Badger of Basra posted:gently caress you buddy It's a fair cop.
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Yeah that is kind of true of Italian in general. Its not that you can't find it, its just that it takes more effort than you'd have thought. Like Mexican food and Dallas, which blew my god drat mind.
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Disnesquick posted:So which is the best city in Texas? San Antonio I’ve never seen the mythical “good” parts of Houston and never will because I’m never going to have the free time to accommodate the traffic to get there. General Dog fucked around with this message at 23:16 on May 28, 2020 |
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Disnesquick posted:Yeah I did have that moment of self realization a second after I posted. I apologize for kicking the hornets' nest. My real gripe with Houston is that, in a sea of outrageously good food, the pizza here absolutely sucks. Places billed to me by family as the best are well below what I could get in a London pub. Pink’s, Russo’s, and Frank’s are... ok.
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I also don't think I've ever wanted pizza and thought that I want exceptional quality pizza. Good enough and better than national chains has always been about right.
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Disnesquick posted:So which is the best city in Texas? Alpine edit: or Fort Worth Bizarro Watt fucked around with this message at 23:40 on May 28, 2020 |
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Badger of Basra posted:gently caress you buddy
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:Grapevine Lmao Edit: the answer is Arlington. Pre-New stadiums.
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Disnesquick posted:So which is the best city in Texas? The answer to this question is Uncertain.
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enraged_camel posted:round rock surely you jest good sir
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Dameius posted:I also don't think I've ever wanted pizza and thought that I want exceptional quality pizza. Good enough and better than national chains has always been about right. I'm not trying to toot a horn here because my hometown absolutely sucks and I love being here in Texas with my wife and kid but... I'm completely serious when I say that I can walk into a dingy pub full of weird old people and get a better pizza than Houston (I can't talk for the rest of the state because here is all I know, for now). It really baffled me at first because my in-laws we're raving about a place that was basically serving at the bottom end of back home. It's like this one strange void in the foodscape. On the flipside, "Mexican" in London has made my wife cuss like a devil and leave after a single bite, in complete disgust.
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I hear the men of Johnson City are unusually well endowed and like to stand close to you in the urinals.Disnesquick posted:On the flipside, "Mexican" in London has made my wife cuss like a devil and leave after a single bite, in complete disgust. Can confirm. Pub “nachos” in London were one of the worst things I’ve ever eaten. The so-called hot sauce was like a sweet ketchup. Democratic Pirate fucked around with this message at 23:59 on May 28, 2020 |
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Sardonik posted:At least it was extremely satisfying to see Travis county go for Bernie at least in the primary. Even if it is a sea of clueless white bougie fucks, there are the seeds here for something better. lol - the white bougie fucks in Austin are the Bernie voters there.
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Sab0921 posted:lol - the white bougie fucks in Austin are the Bernie voters there. More likely Warren voters and you know it.  Either way though, it does hint at better things possible in the future.
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Disnesquick posted:I'm not trying to toot a horn here because my hometown absolutely sucks and I love being here in Texas with my wife and kid but... I'm completely serious when I say that I can walk into a dingy pub full of weird old people and get a better pizza than Houston (I can't talk for the rest of the state because here is all I know, for now). It really baffled me at first because my in-laws we're raving about a place that was basically serving at the bottom end of back home. It's like this one strange void in the foodscape. Anyway, there are probably other legit Italian-run restaurants around Houston, but I couldn't name one. We have lots of Indian/Subcontinent recent immigrants, Lebanese, Chinese (now), Vietnamese, Khmer, Honduran, Mexican, blah blah etc immigrants, even Polish in League City and Singaporean in Sugar Land and Malaysian in Dickinson-ish and so on. Among odd things I encountered in travels that I didn't expect that also prove out this theory, the Japanese in Detroit (Novi, really) is better than anything you'll have in the Bay Area, and you will be in a room full of Japanese nationals speaking Japanese in windbreakers with paper hanging signs and so on, because they're there for the auto industry. Lebanese around Detroit (not just Dearborn) is fantastic because of the community there. Vietnamese in Palacios, and not just The Point, the other places where the old auntie and uncle barely speak English. Korean, in Schaumburg, thanks to a large and vibrant first generation community there. Stuff like Cuban or Jamaican in/around Miami is about as surprising as Mexican in Houston or Armenian in Southern California, but there's Basque in Boise and, of all places, Winnemucca, leftover from earlier immigration, but in places where things don't change as much as big cities. Also, and I have really wanted to try this, because Houston (Texas in general) is awful at Japanese, but there is what seems to be a possibly legit Japanese place in Fulton/Rockport (of all places) called Sushi Luck. If anyone has been there, trippo reporto, pleasu. EDIT: Random trivia, I used to (a few times) sit and talk with Kenny of Kenny & Ziggy's in Houston at his restaurant on the riverside in Phnom Penh, where he lived for quite some time (I heard he left, dunno) which was called The Cadillac Bar & Grill, something he enjoyed since IP enforcement is non-existent. He ran the place for many years, and one of his tenants upstairs (many places rent rooms upstairs because you have to lease the entire shophouse) was Gottfrid from the Pirate Bay, who was arrested in the building after the Swedes, through a complex international deal coming from the US side, made a loan for a sports complex to the Cambodian government. He'd been living there openly for years and everyone knew, heh. It has very little to do with food other than the Houston connection to both Kenny & Ziggy's and Cadillac Bar, but it popped into my head. ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 00:23 on May 29, 2020 |
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