Yep.
Is Austin demonstrably and obviously more liberal than Texas generally?
How about Houston?
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I wonder about something, and I don’t know the answer - maybe someone from the area could chime in...
Austin is where the University of Texas is, right?
Is Austin demonstrably and obviously more liberal than Texas generally?
How about Houston?
They both are... higher taxes, in debt up to their eyeballs, unfunded pensions, but Austin is at least beautiful so it draws a bunch of non-performers that hang around way too long after college (if they ever went).
Austin is the Californicate of Texas
Is Austin demonstrably and obviously more liberal than Texas generally?
How about Houston?
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I can’t speak for Houston, but Austin is a liberal dystopia. Rush’s comment a while back is that liberals run our city like it’s their own private kingdom. He couldn’t be more right. City council is a cesspool.
They passed a city wide bag ban in the wee hours after they’d sent everyone home who was there to state opposition and offer alternative solutions, telling them that they were going to wait another few days before ruling on it. Every body woke up the next morning with the ban a done deal.
We’ve got so many transplants from California here now that the city doesn’t even belong in Texas anymore. It is a communist enclave with very little opposition. Those of us who are outraged by what is happening are not represented thanks to recent gerrymandering.
Prop 1 was passed a few weeks ago. The canyon dwellers and spandex Nazi’s loved it. I don’t think it has sunk in yet just what a nightmare it is going to create from an already nightmarish traffic situation. Part of the proposition requires removing dedicated turn lanes in a busy part of the city and replacing that space with rest areas for bicyclists. Meanwhile, left turn traffic is going to back up and choke the lanes of cars who want to go straight through. We already have serious problems with road rage due to constipated traffic flow and LA types who can’t stay off their horns. This will only make that worse.
Prop 1 also removes parking from downtown businesses which will kill those businesses. Businesses were being vandalized who put out signs opposing Prop 1. There is a whole list of other things it does that are equally destructive.
It is all an effort on the part of our demented city council to “encourage” travelers to take public transportation instead of driving. They think that making traffic so punishing that no one will want to drive their cars is an excellent way to do that. There is nothing so outrageous or idiotic that a liberal won’t want to try it.