[basil]

Actually, Austin is a very bad place to live, so don’t come here.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Actually, Austin is a very bad place to live, so don’t come here.

LOL, so what’s stopping you from moving outa there?

[pburgh01]

Hmm where is my Pittsburgh. We are consistently top 5 rating as a best place to live. We have stable real estate prices, a less moribund economy than the majority of the US, a Republican governor and legislature, a moderate climate, tons of history, culture, parks,etc. Sounds like the author of the article is a Yankee-A-Phobe. Texas, nice state but not for me, the endless Summers, the endless urban sprawl, it's becoming Southern California without the beaches.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Something to consider:

Before you start chasing off newcomers, remember Texas is right across from Mexico.

All this boom and immigration from various points north, just might keep Texas from losing the demographic battle.

In fact, Texas could really become America’s next big thing. Understanding a lot of Texans might see this as a bad development, but in this poster’s humble opinion the eventual alternative is the day illegals manage a voting majority, and change the agenda entirely.

Might be, Texas faces a decision:

1) Accept more Yankees and Californians.
2) Prepare for eventual multicultural loss.

3) I suppose there’s always secession, though demographics still makes that one dicey.

In Texas’ shoes, I’d be trying to get FReepers to move there.

[SVTCobra03]

“Actually, Austin is a very bad place to live, so don’t come here.”

I agree. Austin is a Marxist hell-hole.

[org.whodat]

I was trying to figure why anyone in their right mind would want to live in Austin Texas, have not come up with one yet. Will get back on that in a flew years when. I come up with one. Oh, Waite if you are a liberal you will have lots of fellow burlaper trash for company.

[BfloGuy]

Austin is a very bad place to live, so don’t come here.

Nice try (appears to have worked for at least one commenter).

[No Truce With Kings]

“Actually, Austin is a very bad place to live, so don’t come here.”

A friend of mine once told me that everyone that lives in Austin believes it was just the perfect size six months after they moved there. That was thirty years ago. It is still true today.