If this is true, I find this utterly hilarious. Other than grad school (and a few years as a toddler), I’m a life-long Texan and a former resident of Austin ma

If this is true, I find this utterly hilarious. Other than grad school (and a few years as a toddler), I’m a life-long Texan and a former resident of Austin many, many, (urp) many years ago. Even then, Austin was becoming increasingly lame over time. It’s still a fun place to visit occasionally - better scenery than Houston! - but the fun, chill, outdoorsy, live music scene has been twisted into some sort of bizarre playground for sheikh failsons, libertarians who couldn’t hack it in California and the low-tax pilgrims who stepped on the rake of our very high property taxes (and suspiciously low services, but that’s neither here nor there). And the whole vibe of the city is strange - it’s generation after generation of adults who live like they’re still in their 20s, forever and ever - and not in the good, young-at-heart way. More like the “trivia night, then ultimate, then pub crawl” circuit every week well into their 50s. Maybe later! The way I feel about Austin is if the smartest, most interesting girl in your high school class turned into a trophy wife soccer mom who … lives in the hills outside of Austin. It’s an appealing life in some - many - ways, but so, so vacuous and, in my mind, just not that interesting at all.