Reviews & Comments
Austin, TX
re: Response to M from 12-13-06 - 1/14/2007 -
4/29/2008mr. mike......most of the "liberals " i met while liveing in austin I have met were either locals or refuges from the rest of dark red texas....whats wrong with giveing people who feel as persecuted or uncomfterbal with there political order at little island of blue and red? the republicans in washington and oregon have there island citys of spokane and bend...california has citys like fresno and barstow...possibley san diego from what I observed...but then again allof southern cali seems extreme in one way or another to me...louisina has shrevesport and texricana colorada has greeley
while "leftist (like in the "right" there's alot of divergence between all the factions...unlike the g.o.p there not nearly as organized)
have missoula,mt bloomington,indiana fayetvill,ak norman oklahoma
st. augistine florida, boulder colorado (colorado is the ultimate "keystone" state of red/blue divides, and divisions within the factions) and...austin texas
I'm not a democrat or republican...I agree and disaggree with both sides on certain issues I belive in local controlled govermet=nt at the city level (as opposed to the state or federal level)...fiscal responsability, respect for life and humanity and freedom against political correctness...this isint a political fourm
what I'm trying to say is not all dems want to move to taxifornia
and not all republicans want to move to utah...let them have there islands....otherwise....well I wont go there
as for austin it's self AWSOME town...I was working as an exterminator at the time in the summer of 05 the culture,the music,the freedom to be who you are because there are billion people far freakyer then you are...it was beautiful
I cam back on a busness meeting last january and i think it might have the same problem as many parts of seattle...to much publicity causes many people to move...makeing employment dicyer then it already is (considering the SIZEABLE population of cheap illegals) driveing up the cost of liveing and running a bar/venur...putting stress on the public transportation system...creating sprawl...and other things...however i dont think it'll be as bad as seatttle for a few years and hopefully I'm wrong
Seattle, WA
re: This city is dying, and is taking as much down -
4/29/2008when i first camr here in 2006 I was excited and thought it would be pretty cool...key word is "was" i came in on the very exclamation point marking the end of all the things that made seattle great to live in....unfortunitly it's nearly dead
the reason? gentrification.
now i know it's a scap goat but here me out
when the cost of liveing was low it was easy to live off of a simple baresta or other working through collige, or art degree jobs
it was also cheaper to open and run a busness unfortunitly the burgaining bohemian scene attracted many "professionals"...now a few can enrich the community...unfortunitly the influx was so massive that not only did rents skyrocket but the job markit became insanely competitive...my cousen who was working her way through collige lost her job to a guy with a masters in economics....drugs and rowdy revelers had been prevalent....but crime wise it didnt seem so bad...all of a sudden night clubs were shutting down and for some reason a whole bunch of aggressive crack heads seemned to show up to prey on the fat wallets as opposed to the realitivly docile (but still dangerous) junkies and casual weed dealers...a wave of homophobic attacks have hit the formaly gay mecca, less and less people are going out makeing the junkies who formaly made more income from panhandeling then robbing..have started to become more aggressive
in short it's not worth the cost to live in the ruins of former bohemian central...no this just applys to cap ill...u district and george town are still kicking because ofaffordable houseing (though commutes are a pain in the ass because many small busness cant afford to pay rents and have shut down
while I may have misdiagnosed the cause I've seen the same effect in many of the places I've lived (my job has me moveing around alot).....there can be good things about injecting of increasingly popular neaborhood with proffesionals and upper income...but there has to be a way to set aside space for the atists that made the place so popular to begin with