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Old 07-09-2013, 08:56 AM
 
Location: The People's Republic of Austin
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Is the hippest city in Texas selling out its oddball charm?
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Old 07-09-2013, 10:14 AM
 
Location: East Texas
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Austin will always be weird. that is its signature. To change that is to change the city
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Old 07-09-2013, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Well, commercializing the phrase certainly didn't help at all! SHAME on them!
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Old 07-09-2013, 11:23 AM
 
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I never thought there was a "fight" to keep Austin weird.

I guess the snobby transplantS want to upheave the flavor we possess....NOT HAPPENIN SNOWBIRDS!!!
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Old 07-09-2013, 10:08 PM
 
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Austin isn't weird unless you think hating Houston while emulating Houston's sprawling pattern of growth is weird.

I happen to think it's very weird, though certainly nothing to crow about.
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Old 07-09-2013, 10:17 PM
 
Location: Denver/Atlanta
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I think both Austin and Portland are growing out of their "weird" stage. Just like Seattle & San Francisco did.
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Old 07-09-2013, 10:44 PM
 
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Austin hasn't been "weird" for a long time. San Francisco is still a much "weirder" city as far as those things go. The whole idea of turning "weirdness" into a brand is in itself the opposite of weirdness. Whatever weirdness is left in Austin is of the amusement park variety that we can advertise to tourists.
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Old 07-09-2013, 11:08 PM
 
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Austin is a great place to hunt a tech job and live in the suburbs, with the occasional trip downtown to see what the college kids are up to (other than getting drunk)
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Old 07-09-2013, 11:10 PM
 
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Honestly, I never thought Austin was really that weird. It just seemed like another PR strategy to me.
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Old 07-09-2013, 11:29 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The "weird" people in Austin don't go around and advertise themselves to regular people. For the most part, they keep to themselves and their own connection of friends. Around campus, southside (and now eastside) in the parts of town suburbanites and tourists don't go or wouldn't go..as they always have.
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