What do all you native/old school Austinites think about... (Round Rock: income, moving to)

[cBach]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

There've been places to get good Cajun (some of it as good as I've had in Louisiana) for a LOT longer than ten years, just not downtown. You had to go to the dreaded suburbs (and sometimes to the small towns surrounding Austin) to find it (which, with a name like Jumonville, we definitely did). Unless, of course, you were invited to our house for gumbo and/or jambalaya or etouffe (depending on who was doing the cooking).

Honey, I've been getting good Cajun food for all those 10 years, but that's because I source the crawfish, boudin, and andouille sausage from Louisiana each time I go back, and I'm a good cook.

But I never pass up some good jambalaya or gumbo so let me know next time you make it

[cBach]

Originally Posted by scm53

fify.

touche'

[ScoPro]

Well, I'd like to hear what some Tonkawas & Comanches have to say about Mirabeau Lamar & Mr. Waller riding in here to gentrify Waterloo. And then the displaced Apaches might have a few comments about the Comanches.

Austinites have been complaining like this since I got here 1959 (was in high school by then).

Really ticked me off when some hippies took over my favorite roller skating rink and turned it into something called The Armadillo World Headquarters.

[Debsi]

Originally Posted by ScoPro

Austinites have been complaining like this since I got here 1959 (was in high school by then).

Unfortunately, complaining seems to be part of the human condition...

[austin-steve]

Originally Posted by ScoPro

Well, I'd like to hear what some Tonkawas & Comanches have to say about Mirabeau Lamar & Mr. Waller riding in here to gentrify Waterloo. And then the displaced Apaches might have a few comments about the Comanches.

Austinites have been complaining like this since I got here 1959 (was in high school by then).

Really ticked me off when some hippies took over my favorite roller skating rink and turned it into something called The Armadillo World Headquarters.

As a sidebar, the history of the Comanches is absolutely fascinating as told by the book Empire of the Summer Moon.

Incredible, and at times horrifying, reading about how the hapless Comanche, lowest on the totem pole, so to speak, and basically a wandering band of sloven stone age dummies who received no respect from any other tribes, and lived on the margins, rose to power once they got ahold of horses. They inexplicably were born horsemen, geniuses actually, and, upon the horse, a conquering force unlike any ever seen in their heyday.

It's also the story of Cynthia Parker and her life with the Comanche and how she survived among them.

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History: S. C. Gwynne: 9781416591061: Amazon.com: Books

Steve

[Trainwreck20]

My understanding is that the portrayal of the Comanche in "The Son" is very accurate, as well as the portrayal of the Texans of the time.

The Son: Philipp Meyer: 9780062120403: Amazon.com: Books

[Trainwreck20]

lowest on the totem pole

Btw, the lowest position on the totem pole was the place of honor . At least, that is my understanding, I can't truly say....

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by austin-steve

As a sidebar, the history of the Comanches is absolutely fascinating as told by the book Empire of the Summer Moon.

Incredible, and at times horrifying, reading about how the hapless Comanche, lowest on the totem pole, so to speak, and basically a wandering band of sloven stone age dummies who received no respect from any other tribes, and lived on the margins, rose to power once they got ahold of horses. They inexplicably were born horsemen, geniuses actually, and, upon the horse, a conquering force unlike any ever seen in their heyday.

It's also the story of Cynthia Parker and her life with the Comanche and how she survived among them.

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History: S. C. Gwynne: 9781416591061: Amazon.com: Books

Steve

Yep! And Comanches: The History of a People, by T.R. Fehrenbach is also good, if a bit long.

[tom331]

Originally Posted by cBach

I've been here 10 years, so I don't know if I qualify, but one thing I do know is that the Hill Country area around Steiner Ranch and Riverplace is rapidly disappearing. There was no WTP4 on 620, instead there was a little surf shop on one of those parcels and the rest heavy forest. The Oasis was way out there and not surrounded by upscale subdivisions. 3M was along 2222 but the land around was heavily forested. Now there is Vandegrift High School, Austin Baptist Church, and past 3M a slew of ugly complexes. It seems that the powers that be have protected the 360 corridor a bit better than the 620 corridor. Overall, I think Austin dropped the ball on the development out in the West. It could have been so much better than it is now. Don't get me wrong, it's still beautiful, but in a S. CA San Diego urban hills way, not a rural Texas countryside way.

When you go downtown, it is absolutely amazing what has happened there. The transformation is wonderful. There are tons of world class restaurants, I mean I can finally get a great poboy (Surf and Turf), before this was a Cajun food wasteland. We have a rail line from Leander to downtown, pretty nice when attending SxSW I must say. Most of the buildings downtown have great architecture, unlike most of the rectangular blocks in Houston. We're revitalizing old malls (Highland) into higher education (ACC). We're renovating historical treasures (old Austin Power Plant), we've just built an awesome boardwalk where I never thought anything would be done about the refusal of several businesses to accommodate the "master plan". We are about to repair a polluted creek and turn it into another Riverwalk (Waller Creek).

So, in summary, I like what has happened to downtown, I hate what has happened to the Hill Country.

100% agree! RR620 traffic is unbearable and it is worsen than I35 in the traffic hours. The County should restrict further development from both sides of RR620 from HWY183 to HWY71.

[scm53]

Originally Posted by tom331

100% agree! RR620 traffic is unbearable and it is worsen than I35 in the traffic hours. The County should restrict further development from both sides of RR620 from HWY183 to HWY71.

Good luck with that. Texas counties don't have development control rights.