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Austin is pretty liberal. A lot of NYC residents just view Texas through political lens. It is called Weird Austin for a reason and is full of hipsters.
And homeless. Lots of them. The density seems higher than here, at least in certain areas.
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Originally Posted by thinkingofconn
Austin is pretty liberal. A lot of NYC residents just view Texas through political lens. It is called Weird Austin for a reason and is full of hipsters.
Austin is nice, I've been there, I liked it. But it isn't the business, financial, cultural, media capital that NYC is. Yes, Covid has a lot of that on ice. But it will come back when Covid blows out.
And while I like the fact that Austin is in TX, with it's state level conservatism, that will drive a lot of NYers bonkers. Also, it's much more autocentric than NYC. Having a car is close to mandatory there, and a lot of the housing is much more suburban style.
I think liberals secretly are okay with Texas being conservative or they wouldn't be moving to Austin and DFW in droves. Austin itself is just as liberal as NYC anyway and Dallas is too.
I went there recently and you're wrong about needing a car. East Austin (not the part where all the tourists/college kids congregate) is walkable and feels like a hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn in terms of amenities.
And you could definitely people watch.
I have been there too. You need a car. Go to Austin Subforum and ask them. Its not like Manhattan in which people never leave the boro and never need a car. If you live in Texas basically, you will want to check out other places and need a car for that.
It's not hype, I love it and so does everyone I talk to who has gone there.
My ultra liberal mom thought she would hate it, but she went there and realized that it wasn't like her preconceived notions.
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