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> But that will only last a decade or two before they turn Austin (or wherever) into SF 2.0 and all the business goes elsewhere. I don't think local government
by dunpeal 8y ago
> But that will only last a decade or two before they turn Austin (or wherever) into SF 2.0 and all the business goes elsewhere.
I don't think local government in Texas is as amenable to well-meaning but ultimately intrusive and disruptive policies like in Northern California.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoBy the time Austin is SF2.0 local government in Austin will be made up of all the same clowns that make up local government in SF. CA was like Texas once upon a time.
- dunpeal 8y agoYou think? In my opinion, it's the manifestation of the hippy culture of the 60s and 70s. California was never a hands-off state, never had the hands-off tradition that Texas had. I don't see any reason to expect that the same stuff would happen in TX.
- shiftpgdn 8y agoAustin was the hippy central of Texas until the tech boom.
- dunpeal 8y agoDifferent kind of hippies, I believe.
- almost_usual 8y agoAre you serious? California used to be an insane gun ridden free for all cowboy state. You could legally kidnap/shanghai someone up until 1915.
- dmode 8y agoTexas government don't pass intrusive policies ? They literally passed a law that forces women to bury aborted fetus. I mean that is 100x more intrusive than cafeterias https://www.newsweek.com/abortion-texas-fetus-law-2017-576863 https://www.newsweek.com/abortion-texas-fetus-law-2017-57686...