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They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by gowld »

IG_Semmelweiss wrote: post #15

alas, these Austin locals did not learn the SF lesson, real estate lesson 101 As soon as foreigners invade your shores (er, real estate spaces) move to grandfather a cap property tax that is particularly beneficial for long time real property owners. I understand that at first, this would do nothing to alleviate the attack on the local culture. The same foreigners would still call the cops. Yet, with enough time, the…

Renters don't get to profit from real estate appreciation. That's the problem with gentrification.

Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by haram_masala »

ulisesrmzroche wrote: post #14

What’s annoying is that instead of switching to whataburger, their bringing the in’n’outs. The transplants are failing to assimilate here and it really shows. If I land a remote job I’m selling my place and moving to San Antonio.

San Antonio is one of the friendliest, kindest, and most delightfully understated places I’ve ever visited. Whatever it is that makes it that way, let’s spread it across America.

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Post by wahern »

droptablemain wrote: post #12

"Another Weaver resident voiced more generalized criticism, calling the event a 'display of toxic masculinity.'"

> “[W]e should shut this thing down,” a third resident, who blamed the lack of police response on the “idiotic” city council’s decision to slash the Austin Police Department’s budget, wrote in March on a building forum.

Turns out partisan ideologies are flexible enough to justify the same class preferences.

Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by tacitusarc »

This is a really abnormal article to see on hackernews. I generally don't expect to see the politics of a random city in the U.S. here. Maybe because Austin is becoming more of a tech hub? So now the politics of the city seem more relevant to the tech community?

Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by xiphias2 »

geoduck14 wrote: post #13
ryandrake wrote: post #3

Real estate law has this concept of “Coming to the nuisance” where if you know that there is some kind of “nuisance” nearby and you move next to it anyway, you can’t complain about it later. I’m not a lawyer so I’m probably pedantically wrong about it in some way but that’s my understanding of it. People do this with small local airports all the time. They move in, knowing full well (or should know full well) that th…

There is an asphalt factory 10 miles from where I live, on the access road to a major highway, and in the middle of lots of urban development. The factory has been around since the mid 80s. There is a nearby new housing development with residents complaining about the air pollution (apparently it is really smelly) - and their response is "yeah, we've been here since before you were born, so whatev". It cracked me up.…

Over time air pollution has to go out of cities anyway if people need to move to cities to be able to get a job. I think that's just a matter of time.

Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by xiphias2 »

tacitusarc wrote: post #24

This is a really abnormal article to see on hackernews. I generally don't expect to see the politics of a random city in the U.S. here. Maybe because Austin is becoming more of a tech hub? So now the politics of the city seem more relevant to the tech community?

Austin looks like the new cool kid in the town, so many famous / rich people moved there. I expect to read more about it in the future.

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Post by adjkant »

tacitusarc wrote: post #24

This is a really abnormal article to see on hackernews. I generally don't expect to see the politics of a random city in the U.S. here. Maybe because Austin is becoming more of a tech hub? So now the politics of the city seem more relevant to the tech community?

> I generally don't expect to see the politics of a random city in the U.S. here

This regularly happens on HN for SF, LA, NYC, Seattle, etc. Austin is pretty in line with those for the reasoning you suggested.

Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by [deleted] »

haram_masala wrote: post #22
ulisesrmzroche wrote: post #14

What’s annoying is that instead of switching to whataburger, their bringing the in’n’outs. The transplants are failing to assimilate here and it really shows. If I land a remote job I’m selling my place and moving to San Antonio.

San Antonio is one of the friendliest, kindest, and most delightfully understated places I’ve ever visited. Whatever it is that makes it that way, let’s spread it across America.

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Re: They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions

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Post by xiphias2 »

gowld wrote: post #21
IG_Semmelweiss wrote: post #15

alas, these Austin locals did not learn the SF lesson, real estate lesson 101 As soon as foreigners invade your shores (er, real estate spaces) move to grandfather a cap property tax that is particularly beneficial for long time real property owners. I understand that at first, this would do nothing to alleviate the attack on the local culture. The same foreigners would still call the cops. Yet, with enough time, the…

Renters don't get to profit from real estate appreciation. That's the problem with gentrification.

They should buy up things and max out their loans...even a parking place will worth 10x there soon.
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