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Old 06-23-2017, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Katy,Texas
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"Keep Portland Weird" is a popular slogan that appears on bumper stickers, signs, and public buildings throughout Portland, Oregon and its surrounding metro area. It originated from the "Keep Austin Weird" slogan and was originally intended to promote local businesses, though it has since evolved into an all-encompassing slogan that secondarily promotes individuality, expressionism, local art, as well as atypical lifestyle choices and leisure activities.[1] The slogan frequently inspires articles and debate that attempt to quantify the exact level to which Portland is considered weird, unusual or eccentric.






Back to Dallas: part of what makes Dallas such a juggernaut is the suburbs, all of which went Trump. DFW is a conservative area as a whole.
Wrong the suburbs wouldn't exist without the Dallas businesses, the only not juggernaut suburbs in terms of businesses is Irving, Texas. The rest of the suburbs would not be anything without Dallas proximity. I wil agree that Dallas is conservative as a whole, but every year it goes more liberal.
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Old 06-23-2017, 10:52 AM
 
Location: OC
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None of that was the point of my post.

I've never in my life heardrum of Austin as a "more conservative Portland".
Similar size, I've heard them referred to as sister cities often. Here's an article, that's five years old, comparing the two:Austin is Portland's unofficial sister city and sunny alter ego | OregonLive.com


The article is from an Oregon website btw, before you think it's hype manufactured by Austin.
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Old 06-23-2017, 10:56 AM
 
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nearly half of the 2 million people that live in the Austin metro area, live in Austin.
Yeah.... for now. The growth rate of the Austin suburbs, especially in areas like Round Rock/Georgetown continues to surpass the city's.
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Old 06-23-2017, 10:58 AM
 
Location: OC
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Here are a few more (it appears Austin and Portlanders like each other and the comparison):

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/11-...land-austin-tx If you read till the end, there's that phrase again, sister city.

https://gnxp.nofe.me/2017/04/25/austin-vs-portland/

There's some kind words for San Antonio starting on page 2.https://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkot.../#1e53e3f51e2f
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:01 AM
 
Location: OC
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Wrong the suburbs wouldn't exist without the Dallas businesses, the only not juggernaut suburbs in terms of businesses is Irving, Texas. The rest of the suburbs would not be anything without Dallas proximity. I wil agree that Dallas is conservative as a whole, but every year it goes more liberal.
Yes, but one thing Dallas and Houstonians are most boastful about is population growth as they are both trying to "catch Chicago in population by 2025" or whatever. I'm sure DFW is working to annex Oklahoma right now, that may do the trick.
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Durham, NC
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The bad thing about the Austin hype is that when outsiders visit they'll be sorely disappointed.
I was prepared to be disappointed when I visited Austin, but it lived up to the hype. Very cool city you guys have.
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:17 AM
 
Location: OC
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I was prepared to be disappointed when I visited Austin, but it lived up to the hype. Very cool city you guys have.
Wait about five minutes. There's gonna be 3 or 4 guys rolling out of bed to post about how much cooler Deep Ellum and Midtown are.
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:53 AM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Similar size, I've heard them referred to as sister cities often. Here's an article, that's five years old, comparing the two:Austin is Portland's unofficial sister city and sunny alter ego | OregonLive.com


The article is from an Oregon website btw, before you think it's hype manufactured by Austin.
...what are you talking about? Are you even reading my posts correctly? I am not at all comparing the cities or anything outside of me questioning how Austin is a "conservative Portland" as someone else just suggested.



And did you really just say that Dallas was the CENTER of DFW?
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Wait about five minutes. There's gonna be 3 or 4 guys rolling out of bed to post about how much cooler Deep Ellum and Midtown are.
Man, youve got some obsession with this thread...
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:58 AM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Man, youve got some obsession with this thread...
Because he thinks everybody from Houston and Dallas hates Austin when in reality, Houston and Dallas isn't thinking about Austin.
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