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It isn't superficial, Forbes and Business Insider both listed Houston as one of the cities where your dollar goes the furthest. And the part of my post you highlighted had to do with the fact that just because a city is viewed as "progressive" or "liberal" doesn't mean it should be viewed as better to live in, because not everyone that is looking to move has those values and, frankly, most annoying over the top liberal cities such as San Francisco, Boston, DC, and Austin are becoming very expensive and are pricing people out.
Yes, Austin is doing great economically, but Houston and Dallas aren't slacking at all by any means.
Very true, but Austin isn't that much more progressive or liberal than Dallas. It's practically splitting hairs at this point. Both cities were within a couple of points for Clinton in the past election and both have very similar anti-discrimination ordinances relating to LGBT. All of the major cities (except Fort Worth) in TX leans to the left. Whether that's good or bad is an opinion.
Austin in 2017 is a majority minority city. It is actually pretty diverse, not not "diverse at all" ???? it is obviously not as diverse as Houston which is by some metrics the most diverse city in the United States, but with a rough demographic breakdown of 40% white, 40% Hispanic, 10% black and 10% Asian, Austin is more diverse than most American cities??
Numbers don't mean anything.
Austin has more Hispanics than Orlando, but Orlando obviously has the larger Hispanic presence here. Racial/Ethnical Diversity is all about representation and opportunity, well in my opinion. I found Dallas to be more diverse than Austin, same for Atlanta, Charlotte, and etc.
Well I knew it wouldn't take long for the Austin haters to come in and give their 2 cents......sigh. Anyway to be fair I don't think Texas's major cities really need to follow Austin, they are already well established, perhaps a mid tier developing city like Waco or Bryant could follow Austin.
Well I knew it wouldn't take long for the Austin haters to come in and give their 2 cents......sigh. Anyway to be fair I don't think Texas's major cities really need to follow Austin, they are already well established, perhaps a mid tier developing city like Waco or Bryant could follow Austin.
F1 is objectively bigger than SXSW, it has greater attendance. SXSW isn't Austin's "biggest event" and, as you point out, it isn't biggest by a long shot. If someone is going to make snide insinuations about the relative cultural value of Houston and Dallas by comparing their non-profit community events to an image-crafted corporate product in Austin at least get the right image-crafted corporate product.
Wow, some of you people are so sensitive about Austin. You think people are "Austin haters" just because they don't consider it special compared to San Antonio, Houston, and DFW?
These are the things I found people say about Austin here:
Austin is not as diverse as Houston or DFW. Well, that is fact, it isn't.
Austin's economy is less diverse than DFW's. Cannot really find data on this, but neither city is really dependent on anything in particular.
Austin has worse nightlife/less to do than Houston/DFW. That is completely subjective and there are others saying otherwise.
Besides the above, the worst things said about Austin is that it is overhyped, and that is hardly something only "haters" are saying here. Just Google "overrated Austin," it isn't a very rare opinion; it even has more Google search results than "overrated Dallas. Saying a place is overrated or overhyped is not the same as saying a place isn't great.
F1 is objectively bigger than SXSW, it has greater attendance. SXSW isn't Austin's "biggest event" and, as you point out, it isn't biggest by a long shot. If someone is going to make snide insinuations about the relative cultural value of Houston and Dallas by comparing their non-profit community events to an image-crafted corporate product in Austin at least get the right image-crafted corporate product.
I made no such comments about Houston or Dallas.
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