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Overruled by whom? Austin is a city in Texas. Even if the City of Austin (being the people or the government of the city) wanted to do such a thing, the State o

by csours 4y ago

Overruled by whom? Austin is a city in Texas. Even if the City of Austin (being the people or the government of the city) wanted to do such a thing, the State of Texas would overrule it.

rayiner 4y ago
If the Texas GOP had any sense they’d impose upzoning on Austin from the state level. They can just say they’re giving Austin residents what they say they want. It’d be a win win for them.
- tptacek 4y ago
  That's what California did.
  - davidw 4y ago
    After Oregon passed HB2001.
  - rayiner 4y ago
    I feel like Austin residents may be the worst of the worst—Californians who fled to Texas because they didn’t want to pay income taxes.
- hexator 4y ago
  The GOP is against density from a political perspective though, not an ideological one.