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callous taoboy

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5. Austin was great in the 70's / early 80's

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 11:29 AM

Dec 2013

One of the coolest places on the planet back then. Now, the coolness is in pockets, and it is getting way too over-priced and over-run by road-ragers and such.

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(Texas Monthly) What Nobody Says About Austin: Is Austin the state’s most segregated city? [View all] Bucky Dec 2013 OP

This is not surprising; the same situation exists here in "cool" Athens, GA. Tom Ripley Dec 2013 #1

check out this judgemental map callous taoboy Dec 2013 #2

This is not surprising, the same situation exists here in not so cool, Sacramento Bennyboy Dec 2013 #3

I'm gonna have a hard time.... Bucky Dec 2013 #6

Well it is apt I think Bennyboy Dec 2013 #9

I read somewhere that Sac was considered the least segregated city in the U.S.! KamaAina Dec 2013 #10

My experience working in Austin (long) walkingman Dec 2013 #4

Austin was great in the 70's / early 80's callous taoboy Dec 2013 #5

I agree. Texasgal Dec 2013 #7

old Austin Bucky Dec 2013 #8

My dad has an old permit for parading cows Tyrs WolfDaemon Dec 2013 #12

Same is true in Seattle LittleBlue Dec 2013 #11