Well, it’s not a great number other than being a prime number but I’m glad I moved here. I was dying inside living in Central IL. I was just surrounded by so many people who chose to settle and many of them lacked any real intellectual curiosity…like Trump, Dubious (aka Bush II) and St. Reagan. The latter graduated from a Podunk university nearby. To be fair, there were many great people too, most also eventually left for nicer pastures.
As for Austin, I remember it being 22nd largest city in America upon arrival. Now it’s the 11th and continues to grow. Huh. A predominantly Liberal city that has more of the jobs, while the Red States are withering away in a sea crystal meth and oxytocin, hence the term Pillbilly, Fancy that. We already have the expected problem of a city, we’re surrounded by selfish Republicans in the ‘burbs, or as I call it, North Reaganstan for their proclivity to rename streets and other monuments for the president who paved the way for the orange Vulgarian.
At least life is nice here. The weather is warmer than IL. We’re a frequent destination for the mid-sized music tours (New Pornographers are wrapping up here in May). And we’re on Gov. Shitbag’s short list for being labeled a sanctuary city which really means, we’re not going to have our police force do the Feds’ job on figuring out who’s here legally if they haven’t committed a crime. The real purpose to cutting funding is to attack Travis County’s special prosecutor who tends to indict cronies.
If I could do it all over again, I would’ve moved here sooner and maybe avoided the meltdown at GDW.