Walkability
Jan. 6th, 2023 08:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
You know, downtown Austin is fantastically walkable. I would credit the Texas-wide sidewalks.
It’s just that housing here is unaffordable. And Austin is still in Texas.
I have gotten out to row here twice. One of the rowers who has lived here since the 1980’s says she has been surprised by how the political demographics even here in the capital have shifted in a more conservative direction.
Austin is an economic and social contrast to Albany.
It’s just that housing here is unaffordable. And Austin is still in Texas.
I have gotten out to row here twice. One of the rowers who has lived here since the 1980’s says she has been surprised by how the political demographics even here in the capital have shifted in a more conservative direction.
Austin is an economic and social contrast to Albany.
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Date: 2023-01-06 02:59 pm (UTC)I lived in Austin about 7? years (and Texas the rest of my life prior to then), before I drove straight up I35 to get from Austin to Minneapolis in 1998. Back then, they were already targeting local liberal bastions like Hippie Hollow. The metro area here has the same "vibe" as Austin did, but in a state that's a lot less red. Technically, we're purple here, but still leaning blue. Minnesota might even get legal marijuana this legislative session. I don't regret making the switch. The river walk in Austin is nice (not as nice as San Antonio) at night, but the good vibes were already getting swallowed by corporatism and conservatism when I left.
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Date: 2023-01-06 07:49 pm (UTC)