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"I said I had good memories of it and back in the day Austin was really cool. She said she'd love to visit Austin but that 'Texas isn't safe for people like me'. She isn't trans or NB, so presumably bi or gay, but like, I would never have guessed this by talking to her. And neither would any texans."
"I spend a ton of time in Austin and San Antonio for work and I'm always shocked at how much, despite all the black/white and WMAF mating controversies in the US, Mexicans just seemed to not give a shit regardless of gender and Mexicans dudes dating white girls and Mexican girls dated white guys and "
"Overrated - Austin. I visited last year and it feels like it's been milked of all its charm. It feels like San Jose with somewhat better tacos."
"i know he's popular, i've heard of him for a while, big in austin."
"The preponderance of their conversation is about how expensive it is to stay in college. They talked about their favorite classes and sound extra nerdy which I love but damn I feel sorry for them. 20k per semester for out of state tuition. 10k a semester for housing. 6k a year for a meal plan."
"I think you used to have to lean into being truly idiosyncratic, but now that there's a virtual community for everything, every crazy person is just one of a couple cookie-cutter variants, or self-conscious of being eccentric in an annoying Portland/Austin way."
"There is something called 'Alpha School' based in Austin, where there are no teachers and the kids learn purely from AI. Costs $40k a year."
"can't wait to be priced out of my hometown even sooner than i thought 😊"
"Seattle and Portland are on the decline. Austin's had its boom. Denver is old news."
"Like to argue about different factions in L.A., New York, and Austin, like they're arguing about rappers in the 90s."
"I feel like Austin is obvious. People are leaving NYC and LA and going to other cities and they claim it's better or just as good. I feel like when people say "It'll be the next ____", it never will."
"My guess is Dasha couldn't resist the AJ charm and is moving to Austin"
"I've also spent a lot of time in Austin and DFW for work and met a lot of Aggies and....oh boy... they're something, very different than UT Austin."
"I've only ever been accosted on the street by a 10/10 twice in my life. Once in Portland and once in pre pandemic Austin."
"I know a lot more people in places like Chicago and Austin, but my media-poisoned brain is convinced NY is the place to be."
"What's your explanation for this busted spot?? Do any of you live here? I've never been so confused in my life. I don't even know what to make of it here. The highway system is an absolute shit show on top of it all."
"I lived in Austin during Covid and everything closed. People were discouraged from hanging out and doing what they liked to do together. It fucked me up, it fucked a lot of people up."
"Give me a house of STEMcel Indians (with exactly 2 Pakistanis in there) living in a soulless penthouse in Austin arguing over the pettiest shit in the world."
"HOWEVER NOW just in past <5 hrs in AUSTIN:, conclusively, horrible due to: 1. CIRCA 1895 MUSIC 2. Very excessive frequency of gummy smiles women 3. Bad Fonts 4. Man in front of me at next picnic table at "Home Slice" wearing flannel and cargo shorts... 11. Why Hermés store on bottom floor of some St"
"They beat him within an inch of his life. That's why his family moved to Austin."
"One side makes you feel like you are an idiot for not having moved to an Austin suburb yet, and the other gaslights you into thinking that I should be happy I'm not living in a third-world shithole."
"I was driving from Houston to Austin and saw a turtle attempting to cross the highway. He would poke his head out and take a step, then a car would drive by and he would shoot back into his shell. By the time I was able to make a U-turn to assist him he was smooshed."
"Am I just very poor or is 80k right out of school to work in Austin pretty good?"