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> Austin famously touted itself as "Live Music Capital of the World" and its "Keep Austin Weird" slogan Which in itself is odd, because it's hard to see it as
by FireBeyond 5y ago
> Austin famously touted itself as "Live Music Capital of the World" and its "Keep Austin Weird" slogan
Which in itself is odd, because it's hard to see it as anything but a carbon copy of "Keep Portland Weird".
- thrill 5y agoYou've got the order of events backwards.
- doitLP 5y agoYup. It was Austin first.
- amazing_stories 5y agoThe "Keep Austin Weird" slogan has been around a very, very long time, long before Portland became hip.
- rossdavidh 5y agoHard to tell which one is older, but Google thinks "Keep Austin Weird" is. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=keep%20austin%20weird,keep%20portland%20weird https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=k... But, let's be honest, Austin isn't really weird any more, so I guess it's a moot point. I bought my house in the low-cost part of town in 2001, and for about 10 years it more or less stayed the same price, but it has tripled in the last 10 years, much of that in the last 5. I love Austin, but a slowdown in the pace of people moving here would be fine. I am hypocritical for saying this, as I moved to Texas from California...