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My gay aunt and her partner moved to Austin just before the 2008 housing crash. Within months, they had experienced sufficient discrimination that they desperat
by PeterWhittaker 5y ago
My gay aunt and her partner moved to Austin just before the 2008 housing crash. Within months, they had experienced sufficient discrimination that they desperately wanted to move back to NE but had to wait until the housing market recovered enough for their loss to be palatable.
They miss the weather but don’t miss tradespeople refusing to enter when they realize the house belonged to two women.
- igetspam 5y agoThat's terrible and completely believable. There's nothing the Texas government hates more than people of color, except women... and LGBTQ... and atheists... and liberals... and the disabled... and millennials... and anyone not born in Texas
- tomatofarmer 5y agoYou're exactly right about that. That's why we are here commenting on an article about all of them moving to Texas en masse.
- igetspam 5y agoYou don't get to fully grok just how crap this place is until you get here. I moved for financial reasons and I'm leaving to get away from the ever degrading she cual climate. Texas is not a welcoming place. The mass migrations may change the tone eventually but from what I've witnessed, the ugly side of this state is just planting their feet more firmly and their flags more deeply (literally... so many flags with blue lines and 'let's go Brandon" BS)
- sjs382 5y agoHouston is one of the most diverse cities in the US.