Don't go to Texas and vote for the same type of garbage policy makers and expect it to stay nice.
People will vote how they want to.
California, Love It and Leave It
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t think the handling of Covid is really indicative of government incompetence (except perhaps a complete lack of coordination nationwide on Covid efforts). Our federal structure was a compromise to keep the U in the USA. So it is expected that each state will do things as it sees fit. China is an authoritarian state that needs tight control in order to maintain the status quo, so of course it was able to quell…
The President was quite with in his legal emergency powers rights to issue a national mask required mandate. He was also allowed to order production of test and require mass testing. This could have all been done legally.
I very much doubt if these things were possible. I have a strong feeling I will be proven right: Joe Biden will also not impose a mask mandate, rightly realising that he lacks the authority to do so.
It was definitely a huge mistake to appoint a person who has published dodgy research to head the CDC (it is my understanding that this guy was the preferred candidate of the Evangelicals.) The CDC has been conspicuously absent throughout this pandemic, and I think it's because of their spectacular ineptitude. How much of it is attributable to its politically appointed masters, I do not know, but it's a shame nevertheless.
Re: California, Love It and Leave It
#33I just left CA after 42 years. Austin, apart from panhandling and corporate retail dominating commercial real estate, is awesome. Free tattoos line around the block for Friday the 13th on 6th st. was hilarious. People are much nicer and more social. Groceries are cheaper (HEB rocks). Traffic sorta sucks but it's nothing like LA or Bay Area commute. The weather is baller as long as it's not summer, in which case, vaca…
Sustainable? https://www.zillow.com/travis-county-tx/home-values/ Enjoy that gold rush.
What a horrible, drive-by comment. Why barf on someone else's birthday cake adapting to economic conditions? I suggest you try living in the Bay Area or LA, work an average job, and then talk about sustainability. There are plenty of satellite areas to live around Austin where houses are in the 300-400k range.
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#34I just left CA after 42 years. Austin, apart from panhandling and corporate retail dominating commercial real estate, is awesome. Free tattoos line around the block for Friday the 13th on 6th st. was hilarious. People are much nicer and more social. Groceries are cheaper (HEB rocks). Traffic sorta sucks but it's nothing like LA or Bay Area commute. The weather is baller as long as it's not summer, in which case, vaca…
Have you been to Buccees and Whataburger yet? Try both if you haven’t. Welcome!
Thanks, I already did 20 years ago but I'm vegetarian. My mom's family is from north TX and my folks met in San Anton. Earth Burger in San Marcos is crazy good but 2-3x more expensive than regular fast food.
Re: California, Love It and Leave It
#35I just left CA after 42 years. Austin, apart from panhandling and corporate retail dominating commercial real estate, is awesome. Free tattoos line around the block for Friday the 13th on 6th st. was hilarious. People are much nicer and more social. Groceries are cheaper (HEB rocks). Traffic sorta sucks but it's nothing like LA or Bay Area commute. The weather is baller as long as it's not summer, in which case, vaca…
Nah man it isn’t life unless it’s summer in Austin. Back in my youth I would still bike everywhere, I would just plan my bike route to hit every public pool possible, like the main character in John Cheever’s ‘The Swimmer.’ And then I would eat some amazing Tex mex on a patio and then hit the springs for a night swim. Of course, nobody is doing that kind of thing these days anyways. I miss Austin. I miss my youth.
Ah, the good ol' days.
Pools. Heh. Had an in-ground one growing up and almost never used it. I had to do the chemicals, skim leaves, roll the solar cover, and change the diatomaceous earth. Everyone on the block had one too, and they were rarely used either.
Humidity kills me. For example, I had a Colombian gf but the weather in Barranquilla is mass murder.
Around the south Bay Area, I biked around the hills of the Almaden Valley and Mt. Umunhum incessantly, and skateboarded around the neighborhood until my knees had divots and layers of scars. Went to UC Davis where biking was de rigueur. Did some biking in Netherlands and Belgium, the former being a biking paradise.
The cis females in Austin are just my speed. Sadly, they don't have a chance. And, being a big city, the open-minded types I prefer are more abundant. One area I miss is SF's Castro where mixed gender bars facilitate hooking-up with cis females, but I'll be back. I don't miss SF's parking situation and am looking for cheaper ways to park near downtown Austin.
Folks seem friendlier in Austin than CA where almost everyone has a chip on their shoulder, is seething with dissatisfaction, and doesn't want to be sociable. Heck, I don't even mind chatting with the saner homeless people that aren't panhandling me. I met some very cool homeless people with interesting lives in Palo Alto, CA when Happy Donuts was the hangout.