Posted on 08/03/2013 3:16:20 PM PDT by bgill
The U.S. Census finds that the number of people in poverty in Austin's suburbs more than doubled in the last decade -- up a whopping 142 percent. Meanwhile, Williamson County started off with 11,735 people living in poverty in 2000 and ended up with 34,069 by 2010.
That figure includes a lot of working poor. People who perhaps accepted a limited time offer of a job and a place to live. And others lost their job altogether in the economic downturn of 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at keyetv.com ...
I am glad to hear that Austin is having the same growth that Houston is having.
Yup. Austin is the lib arm pit of Texas. And Houston is the lib ### of Texas.
Really? Wow. Didn’t know that about Houston. Last time I was there about 10 years ago it was a dump.
With all the illegals from the south, the Katrina trash from the east, the CA libtards from the west and the influx of muslims from who knows where, it's sure a possiblity.
Don’t forget the population in Texas may have also increased proportionally. The report does not tell you what percent of the population is in poverty so it doesn’t give a very accurate picture. If the population has double also then things are basically the same.
I was just going to ask this. I would bet this and resulting chain migration are the root cause.
Same with Austin. There's urban sprawl everywhere. New subdivisions going in every day. They just poured a 0.9 mile sidewalk, um, "urban trail" is the fancy dancy nice eco-friendly green name, that cost the taxpayers $1.4 million dollars -
To the untrained eye it may look like a big, long sidewalk. But no, this is a nearly mile long "urban trail," one worthy of speeches at a podium, a ceremonial ribbon cutting and -- of course -- a hefty price tag. Linda Watson, CEO of Capital Metro says, "With engineering, design, construction, landscaping, the grant we received was $1.4 million and we got this beautiful 10-foot-wide sidewalk and the canopy of trees that we're going to have."
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/cap-metro-unveils-14-million-urban-trail-10941.shtml
$1.4 million for a concrete trail??
In other words, we got them surrounded.
How to turn a red state blue.
Probably not many Katrina people in Williamson County but possibly increases in Hispanic
population. At some point the Katrina thing is going to have fissile out. It’s hard
to get accurate data on the number that have become Texas residents but according to some
estimates it is much less than the 250,000 or so estimate that came immediately after Katrina.
Our Capitol Metro gets half a cent in tax for every dollar spent in Austin and a number of surrounding cities.
Nobody actually rides any of their transportation vehicles, so they have to spend it on bike and leg trails.
You’re right. Sickening, to say the least.
On a side note, there’s a warning out that dogs are banned on the greenbelt trails because of coyotes.
For get that crap, Texas will not become a blue state.
What exactly does your cousin in Lubbock do? Work for the public schools?
blame the dogs, lol
The Katrina thing isn’t going to fizzle out for me. I know of some who were given P R I M E church and ranch land. They’ve built themselves a dozen or so houses on it and don’t pay taxes. Meanwhile, my property taxes have gone from two weeks’ pay to 3 months’ pay.
Its crazy. Local government makes as much sense as any other sometimes
For get that crap, Texas will not become a blue state.
What exactly does your cousin in Lubbock do? Work for the public schools?
No, smart ass. He’s in the oil business.
He said Texas >could< become a Blue State, not >will< become a Blue State.
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