What's the worst thing about living in Austin? (Houston, Dallas: co-op, to buy)

[TexasHorseLady]

Got no problem with laws, by the way, but they should be needed laws for everyone, not "hey this is a good idea" or "I don't like X so we need to make a law that no one has access to or can do X".

[MrCurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by joeandmich

Whats the worst thing about living in Austin to you?

This thread.

[sxrckr]

Originally Posted by thedude72

The worst thing about Austin? I'd say it's the smug arrogant Austinites who are delusional about how great it is to be here. lol!!!

There's a term for that: Austitude.

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by cBach

If we did stuff like that, we wouldn't have to raise taxes and Austin would improve and still be able to expand but it would all be paid for with private money. .

But the cost of goods and services would increase so the people would pay for it anyway. Apartment rents would go up to cover the increased cost of developing apartments.

[flysinger]

No complaint until now . We love this beautiful city with hills and a lake! The traffic may be a complaint , however, luckily, I am working from home and no issue for me.

[zhugeliang1]

I-35 and Mopac

[G Grasshopper]

One less than desirable Texas thing for me: the weather. It is beastly hot in the summer, which is long. Winters vary, but sometimes many freezes. Because the freezes last only a few days, the city (both freeways, equipment and the drivers) are unprepared to deal with this. Heavy thunderstorms with high winds and flooding, also the possibility of damaging hail and tornadoes, but also long, hot droughts. Unpredictable swings to extremes. Unpredictable shortages of water. Of course there are places with much WORSE weather, and some people really like the weather here. So it is a personal preference thing, I think.

[Joejoeskitten]

Socalists, hipsters, liberals. We have some full on communists here also. Everyone using the made up term gentrification.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by Joejoeskitten

We are good. Really. And gerrymander is a made-up term. .........................Socalists, hipsters, liberals. We have some full on communists here also. Everyone using the made up term gentrification.

Pretty sure ALL terms are "made up" by someone.

Gerrymander was 'made up' two centuries ago, for example.

[NoBull]

Worst thing is the huge influx of non-naitive texans moving into the area. They're changing the culture and landscape of the area at an alarming rate ... and not in a good way. Who the heck moves to Texas and asks for a good place for vegan tamales???