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e_angst posted:Well, Dallas is semi-freaking out about their bag ban. All I can say about the bag ban is that I'm loving glad I don't work as a cashier.
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Spacebump posted:It's easily worse than 635 in Dallas. 635 is actually pretty good now, they added a bunch of lanes and there isn't much construction anywhere along the areas that previously used to get really congested.
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VH4Ever posted:they add to a woefully inadequate public transportation and cab system This is the real issue, I think. Why is the cab system inadequate if there's such huge demand for cabs? Why has the cab system not grown to accommodate this demand? If the answer is "Uber and Lyft hijacked that growth," won't the obvious solution implement itself in the form of the existing cab companies that are willing to follow local rules expanding?
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May 9, 2016 23:27
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VH4Ever posted:Can someone please tell me what the gently caress this metaphor about Martians terraforming the city means? Maybe I'm just too dumb and it's flying over my head but can you humour me anyway and explain what the gently caress that means? How long have you lived in Austin?
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May 9, 2016 23:30
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VH4Ever posted:I may have been a bit too vehement with my response. Let's put it this way: the reason Austinites hate Californians is because they brought their traffic problems with them. Traffic in Austin has always been terrible. Everyone in Texas hates the Californians for a variety of reasons. The biggest issue is the illusion that Californians carry with them that California was somehow better than Texas, which is impossible. The fact that you're a refugee from that failed state speaks volumes about that theory.
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May 10, 2016 00:00
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citybeatnik posted:That and the city is terrible with regards to public planning and can't seem to convince people that paying for something now that'll pay off a decade or two down the line is a good idea. I remember as a child, my father would take me to school in the morning. He would always listen to some talk radio show. It was something local, but I have no idea how to even begin searching for what it would be called. It was basically (to me) two crotchety old men arguing about poo poo I didn't understand. The only thing I clearly remember them discussing, probably because they talked about it CONSTANTLY, was expansion of the public transportation system using light rail trains. This would have been 15-20 years ago.
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May 10, 2016 00:35
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VH4Ever posted:Yeah, I am a refugee, and I don't want this place to become NorCal anymore than the native Austinites do. I hated going to "Silicon Valley" for business every time I did, overprices, crowded and horrible traffic. And you're right, but it sure seems like San Antonio is catching up in the "horrible traffic" department with all the growth they've seen recently. I think the native view here is "you'd have been shocked to see it ten years ago" - even just five years. No poo poo there's traffic, the growth is astounding. Austin and San Antonio are rapidly becoming one continuous entity. The rural is now the suburban. Much has changed, and it has changed quickly.
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May 10, 2016 00:42
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go3 posted:My Nebraska-born sister-in-law has decided she is now a cowgirl and wears a cowboy hat and drinks Lone Star. I can see the visible pain on her face with every sip. I just don't get it man. Does she know that there are less awful Texas beers around? Give her a Shiner Ruby Redbird or something and let her escape the pain.
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May 19, 2016 03:07
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Killer-of-Lawyers posted:Shiner's specialty beers are actually pretty good, Bock is definitely below every other regional brew though. It only serves to usually end up on the domestic menu in which case it's alright when your other options are bud, Coors, and Miller. Exactly. You drink Shiner Bock to show that you're Texan in the presence of horrendous brews. If you want to be Texan but don't want to drink awful cheap garbage, at least Shiner makes drinkable variants. All of the Wal-Marts here have started carrying cases of New Belgium's Rampant IPA, which is incomparable although not local.
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May 19, 2016 05:02
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Quandary posted:I'm moving from Oregon to Dallas, what insanity can I expect to find in Texas politics? Dallas is just racism and segregation. Nothing special.
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Page 47 of the ruling cites a study which "revealed that Hispanic registered voters and Black registered voters were respectively 195% and 305% more likely than their Anglo peers to lack SB 14 ID."
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Aliquid posted:holy gently caress that's way worse than i expected If you're a certain type of white suburbanite, Addison does offer a lot. They have beerfests and weird cultural events that only suburban white people would attend. They do actually have some living space, mostly "luxury" apartments. If you eat out a lot, Addison is perfect.
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Jiro posted:Makes me wonder if the people working in Whole Foods stores will get their wages cut drastically, wasn't entry level around 10/hr? Like somewhere on par working at Costco. I seriously doubt it. 10/hr is pretty standard in grocery work these days, with Wal-Mart also offering that as a minimum. The Whole Foods competitors like Natural Grocers, Sprouts, and Trader Joes all offer comparable or higher pay. Whole Foods doesn't really take care of its workers that well, although they do spend a lot of time cultivating an image that they do. If they cut back on their current pay, they'd have serious issues.
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Good soup! posted:Houstonians try to do the same thing. The political leaders especially want desperately to be seen in the same light as iconic American cities and they lose their loving minds when you explain to them* that Houston is pretty much loving irrelevant to most people - when someone wants to travel and see awesome sights, they think of places like New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, even loving Philly which makes enormous amounts of money from tourism across the board even though people rag on it. Season 8 of Bourdain's Parts Unknown has a Houston episode in which he basically argues that if anyone is making America great again, it's the city of Houston. I think he makes a good point. It doesn't have the tourist appeal of other cities, but it has drawn and provided unparalleled opportunity for people from every corner of the globe.
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EwokEntourage posted:Also features slim thug Seems to be knowledgeable about music, automotive fashion, and fine dining.
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I thought the only reason San Marcos existed was Schlitterbahn. People go there to shop? I've mostly only seen the northward expansion of Austin over the past few years, which is pretty dramatic. Can you go south from Austin on I-35 and never see a break in the roadside retail all the way to San Antonio yet?
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Oct 13, 2017 01:14
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jaegerx posted:Schlitterbahn is in new braunfels Yeah, I guess that's true. So the only reason San Marcos exists is to try and lure people going to Schlitterbahn or San Antonio into stopping at an outlet mall. Also as a repository for people that couldn't get into a good public university.
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Sir Tonk posted:It's amazing how immediately hateful all these assholes are, they don't even hesitate anymore. This is... I don't know what to say here. I know George Clayton. I have worked alongside George Clayton. He's a gay Texas Republican, with all of the baggage and bigotry that you would expect from being in that situation. He's one of the most intelligent and thoughtful people that I know. He is an incredible teacher. I cannot defend his statement here, but I am shocked by this statement that he made. He isn't what you would expect from seeing this single post on Twitter. Obviously he has issues, but all I can say is that I know this man personally and this does not capture his entire character.
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Alkydere posted:Well it's now all that anyone who doesn't know of him will ever want to know of him. It may not have been his entire character, but because he couldn't keep mouth shut, no one knows or really will care to know what other potentially fine features he may or may not have. They just know the rancid core of xenophobia and racism at his core. DangerZoneDelux posted:Yeah his Twitter is full of dumbass statements not just one. Nothing about him comes off as intelligent. Zwabu posted:Yeah, no one put a gun to this guy's head and made him seek out some minority valedictorian's Twitter to post his racist poo poo on, and apparently he's done to more than one minority student. So gently caress the hell out of him. Hey, I get it. I can't really defend him. But people are complicated. His Twitter may be completely insane, and obviously he's got problems. One of the interesting things about SA is the scope and reach. I know this guy. I can only say that he's easily among the most intelligent people that I have ever met. He is clearly an idiot when it comes to racial issues. Make of that what you will. Turn him into a villain from what you read on the internet. That's fine. He obviously is a villain. But villains are complex, and I can at least offer a perspective that informs you about that complexity.
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Elmnt80 posted:https://twitter.com/SBOEDist12/status/979369663397269504?s=19 I get it, like I said. All I can say is that I know the man. If you talked with him, you may have walked away with a different perspective. It isn't as easy to interpret as this makes it seem.
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Doom Rooster posted:It sounds like you don't know the man, only the man he is pretending to be. As soon as he is given a platform to express himself where he isn't subject to the social conditioning of not saying heinous poo poo in front of others, this is how he uses it. That should tell you something. Frankly, I can see why an old, gay, white, Republican in Texas is a racist. It excuses nothing. It does tell me something, and I'm ashamed for him. But I know that he has taught in classrooms full of people that aren't like him, doing his best to help kids that aren't like him, and I know that he's done a good job. I have gotten into arguments with him (he was my boss), but the argument was never about anything racial. It was always about the best way to approach teach older kids what matters. He has been on the school board before, but he was never one of the people putting absurd content into the books, he was always one of the people maintaining the integrity of the institution. He clearly has problems, but turning George Clayton into a villain is... a mistake. There are far worse villains here. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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No Safe Word posted:He's a bad dude, stop defending him. Sorry that he successfully gaslighted you though. No. You don't get it. He is a bad dude. But I won't stop defending him, because the superficial portrayal of him doesn't really explain who he is. People are complicated. gently caress you.
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Earth posted:I've been reading this thread off and on for the last month or so and I can't think of any better place to ask this. I'm mildly considering a move to DFW area because of potentially more pay. I would hope that this would be a short term thing, but life doesn't always go the way you hope. So as part of my thought process I wanted to ask in real talk how bad is the DFW area for a left leaning person like myself? As for how left leaning am I. I guess I'd say the Scandinavian countries seem to be doing pretty well. I think it'd be neat to have universal health care, free college, better education, and do what Germany does with holocaust denial except I guess ours would be trail of tears denial. Unrelated to politics, weather wise I think I'd be able to suffer it. I prefer cold climates, but for a couple of years I can suffer the heat I guess. Traffic wise I was down there a couple of weeks ago and I know it's bad. Is it always terrible? I wouldn't like that much. It's like ten million people spread over a vast area. Which part of DFW? What color are you?
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Earth posted:It's seven million people, south of the DFW airport area, and I'm white. Well, have fun with the traffic. Every major highway is under massive construction. They'll be done in approximately 60000 years. Edit: That's sort of specific to the DFW airport area. 183, 360, loop 12. It's really not that bad, I guess. I commute twice as far as some of my coworkers that live up in the northern suburbs, and it takes us the same amount of time. If you're going south or west, it's all good. If you're going east or north, I would recommend investing in a Mad Max style apocalypse semi-truck so you can plow through the traffic jams in style. litany of gulps fucked around with this message at 03:00 on May 19, 2018 |
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I just looked at my Facebook and three of my Facebook friends had liked Beto. An elderly retired teacher who is a black Caribbean Hispanic, a wealthy middle aged Hispanic lawyer, and a very young, Hispanic, brand new teacher. Make of that what you will.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:there's not much to do there and the terrain is barren and devoid of trees so people might go a little nuts Last time I passed through there, I was struck by the number of people that I saw casually spitting.
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I met a German teacher the other day that comes to spend the summer in Texas. Sits around at a pool in Frisco all day for the hottest months of the year, then goes back to Germany.
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Sab0921 posted:Texas schools are funded by property taxes, and the district itself is the taxing authority. They are always the largest portion of the property tax bill. It is helpful in some cases (avoids Dan Patrick being in charge of doling out school funds to his favorite evangelical charters) but harmful in a lot of others (small boards without a lot of oversight lend themselves to corruption) You know, I'll take some small time local corruption over whatever intense and vile rot the state is about to inject into any school system they seize.
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i say swears online posted:gonna walk outside to the jack in the box next door and take a picture of their banner that says "HAPPY HOLIDAYS, we're OPEN on thanksgiving!!" Nothing says Thanksgiving like a Buttery Jack!
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EwokEntourage posted:Once had several orders of jack in the box tacos on Christmas Day I heard that making those jack tacos sears the poo poo out of your fingers. Confirm/deny?
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zoux posted:Yeah, how else would they do it There's the whole citizenship thing now, as well as Trump claiming that districts might be drawn based on eligible voters rather than population, which has implications beyond citizenship alone. Edit: Well, and to put that in clearer terms - not just Trump claiming that districts might be drawn in this way, see Evenwel v. Abbott arguing that districts don't HAVE to be drawn according to eligible voters rather than population, but that they COULD be drawn in this way litany of gulps fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Jan 29, 2020 |
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i say swears online posted:that's an interesting question https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/citizenship-trump-census-voting-rights-texas/ Further reading on the topic. Expect extreme measures to disenfranchise minorities, backed by the Supreme Court.
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M. Night Skymall posted:The only one I recognize is withers elementary, but it's definitely rich white people central, not far from Bush's house. That's only partially accurate - you go less than a mile north and all along 635 are low income apartments. A mile or two west and the same thing - huge quantities of low income apartments. The school itself may be in the middle of a relatively wealthy neighborhood, but when you think in terms of population density, the poorer minorities in that area vastly outnumber the people living in those single family homes, even if they occupy much less space.
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M. Night Skymall posted:Sure, I live a couple miles west among the much cheaper homes, but I don't vote at Withers. I think it's just gross incompetence, but I guess we'll see after the recount. Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't think it's some conspiracy or whatever. I'm sure it's just incompetence as well. But I also would bet that more people live in the apartment complex on the NW corner of Forest and Marsh than live in blocks and blocks of that wealthier single family area just on the other corner. Most of those houses hold one or two elderly people, while many of those single bedroom apartments have half a dozen inhabitants each.
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FBS posted:I wonder if that dark red in Park Cities has more to do with wealth, or age There seems to be a huge correlation between wealth and being able to have gotten a test early, which is something to consider.
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ReindeerF posted:Once again, the grey market eight liner industry benefits from its grey legal status. I'll eyeball tomorrow on my drive down Highway 6 to Galveston, but I'm almost sure they'll crank right back up. And, honestly, broader problem that solves itself there. You know, I read this and it was at first incomprehensible. But I've been reading this poo poo for so long that I have come to view you as a very particularly Texan source of information, so I did some basic searching to decipher what the hell you were talking about, and this seems like an interesting topic.
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i say swears online posted:reindeer is our thread's jim swift This jarred loose memories that I didn't even realize that I had.
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zoux posted:Extremely low, he's only beating Kemp in terms of virus handling approval. DeWine is like, 86 percent and he probably took the swiftest and most restrictive response in any of the Trump states Hinojosa is such a loving champion. The school closures were a disaster, like everywhere else, but I really feel like he's been a model for effective leadership and disaster management throughout this.
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enraged_camel posted:The percentage of positive cases will tell you how things are going regardless of how many tests are being performed. I've just been hiding out in my house and I know nothing of the world outside my doors, but I've seen indications in other threads that testing is starting to become easier for people that are asymptomatic, rather than just people that are feverish and obviously ill. Wouldn't opening up that skew percentages of positive tests downward without really giving any meaningful data on the number of people actually sick?
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