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Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Originally Posted by Spade
With the exception of NYC and LA and maybe Chicago and Atlanta, Austin defintely has an edge on film. Music is about the same as Houston and Dallas but neither Houston or Dallas has events on par with ACL or SXSW festival. Austin does have alot of culture as much as other Texans dislike to admit it. But the thing is that Austin does not revolve around UT anymore. The state government, the growing IT industry, and a growing diversified economy has pushed Austin from being just a sleepy college town as it was in the 1960s. WHen I think college town, I think Athens, Georgia, Gainsville, Florida; Madison, Wisconsin; Charlottesville, Virginia where the university IS the town. I can't say the same for Austin and UT. UT is not all of Austin. A big part yes, but not as big as it use to be.
Do you live in Austin? Or have you recently?
Austin gets a lot of good lip-service, but to those who enjoy a large city with large city amenities, it can be a disappointment. And yes, a lot of what happens today there DOES revolved around the university. I'm not sure why in every thread that comes up about it, you always insist differently.
College town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A college town or university town is a community (often literally a town, but possibly a small or medium sized city, or in some cases a neighborhood or a district of a city) which is dominated by its university population. The university may be large, or there may be several smaller institutions such as liberal arts colleges clustered, or the residential population may be small, but college towns in all cases are so dubbed because the presence of the educational institution(s) pervades economic and social life. Many local residents may be employed by the university - which may be the largest employer in the community, many businesses cater primarily to the university"
Sounds like Austin to me. That's exactly how it felt when I was living there (in the city; I never lived in the 'burbs, which are probably much less college-centric.)
What a surprise that you would say something ignorant like this, given the ignorance of all of your other posts. Bush Sr has his library in Coll. Station and the one that just got replaced (GW) is slated to be at SMU, I guess
My mistake but I am not mistaken that you will be one of the first to worship all the books in Bush [the dunce] library for 5 minutes
Do you live in Austin? Or have you recently?
Austin gets a lot of good lip-service, but to those who enjoy a large city with large city amenities, it can be a disappointment. And yes, a lot of what happens today there DOES revolved around the university. I'm not sure why in every thread that comes up about it, you always insist differently.
College town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A college town or university town is a community (often literally a town, but possibly a small or medium sized city, or in some cases a neighborhood or a district of a city) which is dominated by its university population. The university may be large, or there may be several smaller institutions such as liberal arts colleges clustered, or the residential population may be small, but college towns in all cases are so dubbed because the presence of the educational institution(s) pervades economic and social life. Many local residents may be employed by the university - which may be the largest employer in the community, many businesses cater primarily to the university"
Sounds like Austin to me. That's exactly how it felt when I was living there (in the city; I never lived in the 'burbs, which are probably much less college-centric.)
Yes, I lived in the city of Austin and I was there last year. I have multiple friends down there. 20 years ago it was a college town. Now, it is no longer a college town. UT does not dominate the economy like it use to. Big presence yes. But it's presence is about as big as the oil industry is in Houston nowadays which is dwindling because of other industries currently growing. And since when I do I insist differently? I merely stick up for it and I know it has it's problems just as much as you do the same for Houston. I don't see why you would become offended that I do stick up for it. Austin is much more than college nowadays.
Basically all I'm saying is that compared to some of the choices as well as some left off, Austin does not match up with those anymore. Madison revolves around UofWisconsin. Charlottesville revolves around UofVirginia. Berkely revolves around UofCalifornia and so on.
With the exception of NYC and LA and maybe Chicago and Atlanta, Austin defintely has an edge on film. Music is about the same as Houston and Dallas but neither Houston or Dallas has events on par with ACL or SXSW festival. Austin does have alot of culture as much as other Texans dislike to admit it. But the thing is that Austin does not revolve around UT anymore. The state government, the growing IT industry, and a growing diversified economy has pushed Austin from being just a sleepy college town as it was in the 1960s. WHen I think college town, I think Athens, Georgia, Gainsville, Florida; Madison, Wisconsin; Charlottesville, Virginia where the university IS the town. I can't say the same for Austin and UT. UT is not all of Austin. A big part yes, but not as big as it use to be.
Dude just give it up, Austin is definatly influenced by UT college scene. Without UT, the city would be an ordinary Texas city with nothing special. It would probably be on par with Waco. I go to Austin all the time and it is still a college town. UT is what brings in a lot of business and people. Just because they are building out there skyline dosen't mean it isn't a college town anymore.
Yawn, so intellectually inferior...let us know when you move past the 5th grade
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but I am not mistaken that you will be one of the first to worship all the books in Bush [the dunce] library for 5 minutes
