According to GQ, a male-fashion magazine that tries to lure readers in with heavily airbrushed (via Photoshop) covers, Austin is the 18th Worst Dressed City. If this came from Vice which is a funnier publication, I would’ve laughed harder. To its credit, I do share the GQ writer’s complaint over my adopted home being overrun with Hipster Californiacators but most of them got here through the assistance of their Republican parents who are also doing their part to make this place unaffordable if you’re not in the right caste (see toll roads, charter schools and intelligent design).
How we beat out Houston and Dallas, two major breeding grounds for the nouveau riche, is beyond me. Chicago, LA, Atlanta, Philly and Boston weren’t a surprise.