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  • Austin, Texas is basking in its status as one of America’s most popular cities. NBC News’ Lester Holt takes us to one neighborhood where at least six families on one block moved to Austin from out of state over the last year.
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Komentáře • 332

  • @aviefern
    @aviefern Před 2 lety +60

    What made Austin attractive is disappearing. It's a paradox of nice places, they never last. As soon as people discover a nice place, everyone rushes in and ruins what made it nice in the first place.

    • @thankyou9085
      @thankyou9085 Před 2 lety +10

      Exactly what happened to California, once it was the typical wild western state until people back east flocked there in droves in the early 20th century. Texas is destined to be the next California its just a matter of time

    • @DarcieGlam
      @DarcieGlam Před 2 lety +5

      True. Florida was like that.

  • @richardcogbill6791
    @richardcogbill6791 Před 2 lety +44

    Austin has been a boom town for years. From the late 90s all through the 2000s the city has been popular and growing. After the recession it just accelerated and now during the pandemic it has become insane. So glad I bought my home back in 2012 when it was only a third of the price it is today.

    • @jzamo1990
      @jzamo1990 Před rokem

      Austin is a white flight city, I would say that was when it first boomed

    • @dariusbrock2351
      @dariusbrock2351 Před rokem

      @@jzamo1990 I agree with you!

  • @byebee1340
    @byebee1340 Před 2 lety +59

    Too bad… unfortunately in a couple of years Texas will eventually be too expensive to live because eventually taxes will go up and cost of living too, but for now enjoy while u can….

    • @alfonsoarmendariz1416
      @alfonsoarmendariz1416 Před 2 lety +2

      Yup it will become as expensive as California soon enough then those poorer people in Austin will be relocated to the hood

    • @Rungr
      @Rungr Před 2 lety

      Yep

    • @kimharrington4231
      @kimharrington4231 Před 2 lety +6

      It is already headed that way fast. Thanks to all these California people moving here, we now have California housing prices but still have Texas wages. There are staff shortages everywhere because no one can afford to live here anymore.

    • @LA_Home_Deals_Texas
      @LA_Home_Deals_Texas Před 2 lety +1

      Nope do not agree. Inflation is a global issues. In the future, If Texas will be more expensive to live then California and New York will be even more….That will be even out. If the government inject less money into the economy then our debt ceiling and price of goods and services will also be not as high. Every time when you get free government money bc they print more money….You will have to repay it even more for every item you are buying on a daily basis…unless you get Government money and don’t spend a dime…which is impossible!

    • @phillipwilliams7534
      @phillipwilliams7534 Před 2 lety +4

      Too late. The native Austinite is almost nonexistent now. Their being forced to sell homes that were paid for decades ago or handed down due to not being able to afford the property taxes.

  • @mrfumbles6994
    @mrfumbles6994 Před 2 lety +48

    Stop moving to Austin, California……

    • @Rungr
      @Rungr Před 2 lety +2

      Yes.

    • @migol1984
      @migol1984 Před 2 lety +8

      It's not just Californians moving here. It gets annoying that people keep blaming Californians. I've seen people from Chicago, DC, NYC. They're moving in from everywhere.

    • @arjealis97
      @arjealis97 Před 2 lety

      I’m moving from different country

    • @evilgrin07
      @evilgrin07 Před 2 lety +5

      Now you know how us Californians felt when youll and every other state wanted to live in the sunshine state and chase "dreams"

    • @zeplilly91
      @zeplilly91 Před 2 lety

      So Americans can't move within America? 🤣🤣🤣 Texans are a joke- they like to pretend they are patriotic and put America first.

  • @Me97202
    @Me97202 Před 2 lety +38

    All of the best places end up getting ruined like this. Austin now has the worst traffic in Texas.
    “Much cheaper?” Not for long.

    • @tangotea7192
      @tangotea7192 Před 2 lety

      Exactly

    • @nategz9875
      @nategz9875 Před 2 lety +1

      IDK I'd say Houston traffic is still worse. Y'all got I-35 but Houston has 610, I-45, 59,99, and streets that take forever to cross like 518 and 288, Bay Area Blvd, etc. In Austin you can probably get to most places in 25 minutes. In Houston its easily 45 min to an hour.

    • @JoseRodriguezFrio
      @JoseRodriguezFrio Před 2 lety +1

      common sense = this a good problem to have

    • @blankerism4189
      @blankerism4189 Před 2 lety +1

      since the construction of MoPac, traffic has only gotten worse for the past 40 years. not building out a highway or interstate Loop, which is controversial in liberal Austin, would of made a difference. DWF, Houston and even San Antonio have theirs which helps.

    • @chocolatechipslime
      @chocolatechipslime Před 2 lety +2

      It’s like that in all of these popular affordable cities, Austin, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Atlanta and so on…. People move from other states and they keep coming year after year. The city sprawls even further out, traffic gets worse, housings and taxes go up and then it prices out the locals who grew up in that city. I left the Austin/ San Antonio area because it was growing too quick and getting more expensive. I moved to Alabama, most people don’t wanna move to Alabama and that’s great with me. Super cheap to live, nice weather, close to florida beaches, still has alot of character and culture and countryside. People are laid back and non pretentious, and I really enjoy a quiet smaller town lifestyle.

  • @damianm-nordhorn116
    @damianm-nordhorn116 Před 2 lety +42

    CAR centered SINGLE family home SPRAWL.
    It's gonna end with people being priced out, just exactly like in ANY booming metro area, not just Cali's and not just in the US.

    • @ivancheburan2209
      @ivancheburan2209 Před 2 lety

      Frankly speaking we are facing the same trend in Russia, where almost nobody lives in the suburbs, rather 9-storey tall buildings but the prices have skyrocketed anyway.

    • @bonesandbells
      @bonesandbells Před 2 lety +2

      It was car centered single family homes for decades with single family homes only 15 minutes from downtown under $200k as recently as 2012. It's the massive tax incentives to the big tech companies that pushed housing demand far beyond the supply. There are a lot of apartments being built, but it will take years to even catch up to current demand. The infrastructure also suffers with the tax incentive deals and most companies getting the incentives give back little to community programs and charities.

    • @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
      @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Před rokem

      Then people will move farther out into the suburbs. It's as simple as that. The problem for California is Democrat Laws and Politics which is preventing Home Construction and expansion into Rural Suburban Areas (like LAFCO, CEQA, SB8, SB9, SB10, and a littany of others).

  • @lovingme1st973
    @lovingme1st973 Před 2 lety +46

    I see all the homeless people from California moved to Austin as well.

    • @PeterSedesse
      @PeterSedesse Před 2 lety +6

      yeah, that is over. They reversed the ordinances here a few months ago. The mayor was smart, he brought the homeless out of the woods for a year, forcing the businesses and state gov't to take the homeless problem serious, and now they have the funding and the homeless problem disappeared.

    • @williammaddox3339
      @williammaddox3339 Před 2 lety +3

      There was only one homeless person in the video

    • @NoName-ky2sb
      @NoName-ky2sb Před 2 lety

      Now it's illegal to camp out in the open.

    • @PeterSedesse
      @PeterSedesse Před 2 lety

      @@williammaddox3339 Yeah, people often confuse mentally ill or drugged out people with homeless. Especially with the rise of K2 in Austin, a lot of these people have homes but stay out for days at a time whacked out of their brain. The camps are gone in Austin, the Mayor secured enough funding to buy a few run down motels.

    • @SquidProQuo80
      @SquidProQuo80 Před rokem

      They're called democrats

  • @shaestevens8514
    @shaestevens8514 Před 2 lety +40

    Austin has been growing crazy for over 30 years, I grew up there. There was always a line for Barton Springs, and the cost of living steadily priced the weirdness out of Austin. Thus, the "Keep Austin Weird" slogan, what a laugh now.

  • @alvaroperez7879
    @alvaroperez7879 Před 2 lety +13

    Austin was great to live with less population about 10-15 years ago. Less crime, less traffic, less Californians

    • @alvaroperez7879
      @alvaroperez7879 Před 2 lety +2

      @Jon In SLO we know….

    • @MarquosXoloVanda
      @MarquosXoloVanda Před rokem +2

      @Jon In SLO not to worry. The high crime will chase you out in 10-15 years time.

  • @moss0929
    @moss0929 Před 2 lety +25

    Austin is full!! GO AWAY!!!!!!

    • @Skype93
      @Skype93 Před 2 lety +2

      That's Sucks, because I just moved to Austin

    • @moss0929
      @moss0929 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Skype93 people are moving in and destroying my beautiful and weird City. Making fun of things we love and cherish like 4th St. 🌈 bringing their hate and being judgemental. Let AUSTINITES be who they want to be!

    • @Skype93
      @Skype93 Před 2 lety +1

      @@moss0929 very interesting

    • @ahmedzakikhan7639
      @ahmedzakikhan7639 Před 2 lety +1

      It's density is pretty low if you compare it to Chicago or SF. Austin needs to add more high rises to transform into a world class city.

  • @venge1315
    @venge1315 Před 2 lety +25

    The destruction of Texas

  • @metaphysicalgraffiti
    @metaphysicalgraffiti Před 2 lety +24

    It's still Texas, though. I'm from Alabama, so I'm allowed to say that.

  • @seanthe100
    @seanthe100 Před 2 lety +33

    Austin's growth has been insane.

    • @ahmedzakikhan7639
      @ahmedzakikhan7639 Před rokem +1

      By American standard its high, but by global standard Austin is slow. I mean if you look at places like Dubai or Shenzen or even Vancouver, Canada - Austin's growth isn't insane at all !! America' s definition of fast growth these days is 1% population growth a year

    • @Auashka
      @Auashka Před rokem

      @@ahmedzakikhan7639 right those are massive cities of which the US
      Cannot even comprehend

    • @ahmedzakikhan7639
      @ahmedzakikhan7639 Před rokem +1

      @@Auashka Dubai averaged like 10% GDP per year - US high GDP growth is like 4%

    • @DivinesLegacy
      @DivinesLegacy Před rokem

      @@ahmedzakikhan7639 But US has 26 trillion gdp while dubai is a city with a much smaller gdp, Also austin has a third of the population and is growing fast.

    • @ahmedzakikhan7639
      @ahmedzakikhan7639 Před rokem +1

      @Divine’s Legacy I meant highest GDP growth in any US city is like 4% - its not much.

  • @vinijohnson4695
    @vinijohnson4695 Před 2 lety +38

    You forgot to talk about the vehicular traffic.

    • @gabrielslatten5077
      @gabrielslatten5077 Před 2 lety +1

      @Don Knotts sshhhh. The democrats that run austin says it’s safe

    • @NikeRunner210
      @NikeRunner210 Před 2 lety

      @@gabrielslatten5077 bye Don the con! U failed that’s y ur fired! Calling the
      Kettle….

    • @gabrielslatten5077
      @gabrielslatten5077 Před 2 lety

      @@NikeRunner210 ok🐑

    • @NikeRunner210
      @NikeRunner210 Před 2 lety

      @@gabrielslatten5077 you and Don nothing but 😭 snowflakes

    • @gabrielslatten5077
      @gabrielslatten5077 Před 2 lety +1

      @@NikeRunner210 says the “don lives rent free in my head” 🤡

  • @carriuranga
    @carriuranga Před 2 lety +28

    I almost cry when I think about favorite "weird" places that are now closed. The day Continental Club goes, it's over!

    • @red2846
      @red2846 Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed! I’ve been in Austin since 95’ and boy has it changed!

    • @red2846
      @red2846 Před 2 lety +2

      @@otakuConn how much time do you have??? lol

    • @rubenpartono
      @rubenpartono Před 2 lety +2

      @@red2846 Do share, please! Just however much you'd like to write for us internet folks interested in Austin :)

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 Před 2 lety +3

      @@red2846 Yes. I definitely agree. I got here in 94 and now sound like an old time resident. They closed Liberty Lunch downtown the year I moved here. I feel sorry for the folks who moved here in the last 10 years. In the last five of those, speeded up by the pandemic, Austin has lost so many if it's iconic businesses that made Austin, Austin. Those newcomers have seen the most change to their city in the least amount of time. I don't know how the musicians, artists and all the other creative people survive in this town with the high costs of rent and housing, let alone the average working Joe who doesn't have a high tech job.

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 Před 2 lety +3

      @@red2846 Seriously, not much at the rate this town has been booming. Still, many newcomers like Austin and don't know what they've missed or what they may soon be missing. I tell new residents to enjoy Austin today because change is happening a lot faster now than in all the almost 30 years I've lived here.That favorite music club, local business or restaurant that you enjoyed today, may not be here tomorrow.
      There's always change.

  • @thinkingmobility
    @thinkingmobility Před 2 lety +22

    Relative to coastal California, sure, Austin is indeed a relative bargain for upper-middle income people (def: $150k/yr and up). It has a lot of space, still, which makes homes more affordable but that also contributes to suburban sprawl and traffic that's on par with LA. And you better like heat and humidity, since it's a subtropical climate (100-degree days and humid). Great festivals and food, for sure, though.

    • @californiamade5608
      @californiamade5608 Před 2 lety

      @ptventuretx you wish you had the best Mexican food. That title still belongs to California.

    • @chocolatechipslime
      @chocolatechipslime Před 2 lety

      @@californiamade5608 I got the best Mexican food in New Mexico

  • @Masterpieceman16
    @Masterpieceman16 Před 2 lety +24

    I lived there over 5 years ago and even then it was the fasted growing city in the U.S. I barely recognize the city skyline now when I look at it

    • @EthanBSide
      @EthanBSide Před 2 lety +4

      I moved out 5 years ago after 20 years. It's no longer what it was. "Progress"

    • @paleo704
      @paleo704 Před 2 lety +3

      @@EthanBSide homeless people are everywhere there. Downtown looks like a sewer. Dirty and dangerous

    • @migol1984
      @migol1984 Před 2 lety +2

      @@paleo704 that's a bit of an exaggeration. 6th Street can be dangerous and mostly on weekend nights. But downtown overall is very safe.

    • @JoseRodriguezFrio
      @JoseRodriguezFrio Před 2 lety

      @@EthanBSide out with the old..

    • @EthanBSide
      @EthanBSide Před 2 lety

      @@migol1984 Fair enough. Progress right. Still the best food trucks. I've heard.

  • @danamuise4117
    @danamuise4117 Před 2 lety +3

    If only Austin wasn't in Texas...

  • @kathyweis7023
    @kathyweis7023 Před 2 lety +10

    Just wait, their whole electric grid went down. Prices in all of Texas have been going up since.

    • @phoenix5054
      @phoenix5054 Před 2 lety

      The grid went down and people are still moving and prices still going up.

    • @kathyweis7023
      @kathyweis7023 Před 2 lety

      No, mass migrations due to the pandemic are on a down swing everywhere. Upstate N.Y. had a huge migration as well. Fleeing the city, they couldn't give away apartments at one point. Now younger, upwardly mobile people are heading to the city.

  • @meinkampf6191
    @meinkampf6191 Před 2 lety +6

    Californication of Texas

  • @artisaprimus6306
    @artisaprimus6306 Před 2 lety +11

    Austin has always a progressive bastion in a conservative state. It's a good balance of both. The university attract students from all over the world, keeping Austin diverse. Traffic and housing costs are the down side. Not perfect, but what is.

    • @shoutingatclouds1050
      @shoutingatclouds1050 Před rokem +1

      They are trying to escape California and would prefer to live in places like Martha's Vinyard but Austin is a good compromise

    • @daysofgrace7818
      @daysofgrace7818 Před rokem +4

      “Progressive”!!! Yeah we’re seeing how much progress it’s making! Everyone loves open violence and needles on the floor

    • @artisaprimus6306
      @artisaprimus6306 Před rokem

      @@daysofgrace7818 I didn't say I agreed with it. I just want to paint an accurate picture of Austin as I know it.

    • @daysofgrace7818
      @daysofgrace7818 Před rokem +5

      @@artisaprimus6306 I meant no offence, however the term “progressive” is the most misleading and patronising political term I’ve come across. It gives the impression people who are “progressive” are enlightened and whose policies will make the world a better place!! It’s very obvious that not the case!!

    • @artisaprimus6306
      @artisaprimus6306 Před rokem

      @@daysofgrace7818 no argument here. Liberals used it as a way to rebranding. Progressive sounds like they are forward thinking. Remember the Democratic party created the Klan in 1865 after the war

  • @UTClassof
    @UTClassof Před 2 lety +3

    i went to UT from1987-91. Austin is ruined. Most of the people who live in Austin dont really belong there.

  • @jessehernandez3305
    @jessehernandez3305 Před 2 lety +23

    Miss the days as a kid where you could visit Barron springs with zero line and it was free for kids.

  • @damianm-nordhorn116
    @damianm-nordhorn116 Před 2 lety +29

    Low taxes are good only for those not spending much of their income.
    Price levels adjust to how much people can afford and are willing to pay. ALWAYS.
    Therefore the advantages for incoming people/families/consumers will be short-lived and less fortunate residents will be priced out.
    That's just how markets work.

  • @tybarker5038
    @tybarker5038 Před 2 lety +20

    I grew up in Houston TX and always noticed people from expensive places moving in. I lived all over CA for a few years and I totally see why. It’s a gorgeous state but that comes with a premium and living there full time keeps you way too busy to keep up. I made twice as much out there as I would in TX but it still didn’t help. And I suppose if you have a family to support, it’s even harder. Eventually they have no choice but to settle for Texas. More space for less money. But I find the culture of Texas pretty boring compared to California. Weather is too humid/rainy to really wanna be outside much so you spend a lot of time inside a house or car. California always had me at the beach or forest, simply experiencing nature without breaking a sweat. And Californians are much more chill for the most part which I like but others prefer the staunch conservativeness of Texans which is fine. Colorado is a nice middle ground for me, personally. Wishing all my fellow Americans prosperity and acceptance wherever they decide to set roots! I know it is hard

  • @jpk5148
    @jpk5148 Před 2 lety +44

    Ugh Californians everywhere - they’re buying up Oregon too.

    • @Num6er47
      @Num6er47 Před 2 lety +4

      Anyone who does a job for these clowns charge them double they're used to paying it anyway

    • @roshelltannen9698
      @roshelltannen9698 Před 2 lety +1

      Cali stopped me from moving to TX. I live in a blue state, I like TX red.

    • @o_o825
      @o_o825 Před 2 lety +2

      All right! Let’s turn Texas blue! I love abortions and Medicare for all, y’all 🤠

    • @Num6er47
      @Num6er47 Před 2 lety +1

      @@o_o825 yeah it's better that only the criminals have guns anyway. And God forbid we make our decisions for our personal health.

    • @o_o825
      @o_o825 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Num6er47 Everyone who owns a gun is a potential criminal.

  • @arianakhan6665
    @arianakhan6665 Před 2 lety +23

    Texas is *HUGE,* a microcosm of America. Our cities are all booming, while rural Texas is suffering major population declines. The state really must address rural issues so we don't end up with a painful economic and cultural divide 10-20 years down the road.

    • @californiamade5608
      @californiamade5608 Před 2 lety +1

      Houston is losing population.

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 Před 2 lety +1

      Any rural town or area within 30-40 miles of one of our booming metro areas is growing. Only the remotest rural areas of Texas far from any good sized city or not connected by a major interstate or highway is losing population. Texas has a lot of smaller cities that are 30, 40, 50-100K+ and all these cities are growing. Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland, Odessa, Abilene, Laredo, Victoria, Tyler, Beaumont to name but a few. They have doubled in population in the past twenty years.

    • @papa_pt
      @papa_pt Před 2 lety

      @@richardcogbill6791 aka suburban

    • @blankerism4189
      @blankerism4189 Před 2 lety

      @@papa_pt he has a point on though on smaller cities that are growing including the ones he listed off. Especially the border towns from Brownsville, McAllen thru Laredo to El Paso. all thanks to trade and the factories across in Mexico

  • @sarzotti32
    @sarzotti32 Před 2 lety +11

    OK. Austin’s over. Thanks for the heads up.

  • @josephkordinak1591
    @josephkordinak1591 Před 2 lety +25

    Austin was a nice place 15 years ago. It has been going down hill ever since. It had really declined in the last 5 years. Soaring house prices and taxes. Traffic is out of control. The homelessness is running rampant, crime is going up. I use to think I was going to stay in the area but as soon as I can retire I am gone. All the out of towners can keep it and totally run it into the ground.

    • @migol1984
      @migol1984 Před 2 lety +4

      Austin isn't gonna be "run into the ground". Calm down. Some of you people make it sound like Austin is ground zero for the apocalypse. Don't be so dramatic.

    • @JoseRodriguezFrio
      @JoseRodriguezFrio Před 2 lety

      Fake friggin news, wahh wahh

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 Před 2 lety +1

      @@migol1984 Agree. Austin won't be run into the ground, it will just be a very different city than it was almost 30 years ago when I moved here. Places change, and especially economically and culturally popular cities like Austin can change rapidly. You want a growing city that changes a lot slower? Go 75 miles down the highway from Austin to San Antonio. That city resists change in the face of a lot of population growth, much so, that many younger residents and newcomers end up leaving for other cities. San Antonio's city skyline hasn't changed in years. It's airport has no international flights other than a few to Mexico. The city seems to stay the same inspite of all its population growth.

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 Před 2 lety

      Mo

    • @ahmedzakikhan7639
      @ahmedzakikhan7639 Před 2 lety

      It looks way more modern today than what it was 15 years ago. No one cared or knew Austin. So don't be so negative.

  • @pedroamador1991
    @pedroamador1991 Před 2 lety +6

    Ahhh my hometown. This is kinda surreal tbh

  • @therealistjustin9015
    @therealistjustin9015 Před 2 lety +24

    NOOOO STAY AWAY STAY AWAYYYY. We don’t want you

    • @jamepearson
      @jamepearson Před 2 lety +1

      It doesn't matter what you want. Those who control the city speaks $$$$, and as long as that is the only voice that matters, put your welcome sign out, or hide behind your windows, either way, no one gives a fvck.....the mass is coming 10 Uhauls at a time.

    • @therealistjustin9015
      @therealistjustin9015 Před 2 lety

      @@jamepearson 😭

    • @migol1984
      @migol1984 Před 2 lety

      This was all inevitable. Texas overall is growing. Houston is growing. San Antonio is growing. DFW is growing. May have been due to Texas lobbying businesses to move over here, like when Rick Perry had those ads running all over the big states like NYC, or California. Those "we're open for business" ads, if you recall. Low taxes for big business will eventually lead to an influx of expats. I just wish Texas did a better job with public transportation.

  • @diegogonzalez7279
    @diegogonzalez7279 Před 2 lety +5

    Austin locals must be cringing that Cali don’t let them come to a town near you

  • @richiemochi
    @richiemochi Před 2 lety +2

    Austin new slogan "Keep Austin Pricey" and turn it into the next San Francisco

  • @kellyf6513
    @kellyf6513 Před 2 lety +3

    Austin is overhyped, overpriced and overcrowded. How about showing the families displaced by the rising costs here and the decreasing diversity due to the “affordable” homes for out of staters.

  • @yungabilify
    @yungabilify Před 2 lety +7

    The traffic on the I-35 is so awful that I can’t imagine how much worse it’ll get in 5 years

    • @rhntx
      @rhntx Před 2 lety

      I-30 does not go anywhere near Austin as it runs West to East through DFW. You mean I 35.

    • @yungabilify
      @yungabilify Před 2 lety

      @@rhntx yeah you’re right I moved to Dallas recently and got the two mixed up

    • @raucousraptor
      @raucousraptor Před 2 lety

      @@yungabilify Hopefully we will see less car-centric city planning in the future.

    • @yungabilify
      @yungabilify Před 2 lety +1

      @@raucousraptor There’s definitely an appeal. I see so many people walking on grass “sidewalks” and jaywalking on the streets of Dallas. It’s kind of ridiculous, even for a car owner like myself. I wanted to buy a bicycle but my neighborhood is definitely not oriented towards that

  • @js6131979
    @js6131979 Před 2 měsíci

    Austin, Texas has been my home since DAY ONE.
    City and Highways were
    smaller than today.
    I can remember grass
    fields where there was
    nothing.
    Riverside was Clubs and Markets.
    Montopolis was Fields
    and drive in movie.
    SAME for Ben White.
    Del Valle was full Country.
    😢😢😢😢😢

  • @sblekmdr
    @sblekmdr Před 2 lety +4

    The thing is, people leaving California were from other states, too many Uber’s/ techies, etc. You can have them!

    • @SquidProQuo80
      @SquidProQuo80 Před rokem

      No. People leaving California were from California and I'm one.

  • @JonBlondell
    @JonBlondell Před 2 lety +4

    Stay home! No more room here!

  • @JackycClark
    @JackycClark Před 2 lety +6

    Hope it doesn't snow .
    Or sleet .
    Or get cold for a couple weeks .

    • @kalenhicks4814
      @kalenhicks4814 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes... All of Texas will basically shut down because of winter mix weather. Moving there as a kid from Indiana it was kinda funny yet odd seeing that happen.. Lol. Nit even a 1/4inch of snow on the ground and people freak.. Haha. Try 4ft of snow in a 30hr period stranded on the 90 outside Erie PA on Christmas day 2017. Thats snow!

    • @JackycClark
      @JackycClark Před 2 lety +2

      @@kalenhicks4814
      Lived north of Houston for a few yrs & experienced the same . Their roads are made a little different , maybe . Here in Ohio , unless it's ice you don't get too excited .

    • @SquidProQuo80
      @SquidProQuo80 Před rokem

      @@kalenhicks4814 Well Erie PA would be entirely overwhelmed if it had millions of people move in within the space of a few short years without enough time to update infrastructure to accommodate them... it's all relative. I was in Europe a few years ago during a heatwave and literally thousands of people were dying in temperatures that would be common in Austin in May; not all places are designed the same.

  • @alpachinobarlatino2290
    @alpachinobarlatino2290 Před 2 lety +3

    But have they tried DMT?

  • @BernShotta
    @BernShotta Před 2 lety +3

    Austin TX is nice, the people make it sh!t!!!

    • @benfelps
      @benfelps Před 2 lety +3

      Then it’s not nice, how can you separate a city from the people in it? You don’t move somewhere for the pretty buildings lol

  • @xuanthaovo8655
    @xuanthaovo8655 Před 2 lety +1

    Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

  • @luket4319
    @luket4319 Před 2 lety +3

    People have wanted this for a while. They wanted to move out of expensive states like California into more affordable states like Texas, but they couldn’t because their employer required them to work physically at their hometown. But this new work from home lifestyle has proven to be California’s nail in the coffin, because as I said earlier, a lot of people have been waiting for this kind of opportunity. And for those middle to upper middle class neighborhoods in LA or SF, I’m gonna be very surprised if they aren’t devoid of people in 5-10 years.

    • @malcorub
      @malcorub Před 2 lety +2

      There is a lot of instate movement too here in CA. Lots of silicon valley folks are flocking down to San Diego which itself is very expensive but much less so than the Bay Area.

    • @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
      @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Před rokem

      California's coffin has been it's [radical] leftist liberal politics and politicians.

    • @davidpaz9389
      @davidpaz9389 Před rokem +2

      @@malcorub I lived in Lodi from 1999-2002. At that time homeowners in the Bay Area were selling run-of-the-mill, 3br/2bath homes for $600k-$850k. They moved to central valley towns and cities such as Sacramento, Stockton, Merced, and Tracy. Where they bought beautiful homes for $250-300k and pocketed the rest of the money from their initial sale. The trade off was a nightmare commute where former Bay Area citizens but still workers did not have a life Monday through Friday.

  • @mike7733m
    @mike7733m Před rokem +1

    It may be awesome that Austin is growing and all that all these people moving there are bringing more crime and trashing the city they have reported more trash and dumping on the streets and trash in the waterways around Austin since all these people have been moving there

  • @openbob6656
    @openbob6656 Před 2 lety +3

    they need to build more high density condos closer to the city instead of spreading out with soulless suburb copy paste single family houses....

  • @jamalnambouri9171
    @jamalnambouri9171 Před 8 měsíci +1

    As a Texan Austin is less Texas more California that is the reason i don't like it that much but the landscape and city looks great

  • @Aggie4life77
    @Aggie4life77 Před rokem +1

    News outlets love to talk about Austin, but this is literally going on in every Texas major City!

    • @SquidProQuo80
      @SquidProQuo80 Před rokem

      Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth have all grown exponentially.

  • @sirenloud
    @sirenloud Před 2 lety +1

    They just need a major spot team

  • @therollsroycetrent407
    @therollsroycetrent407 Před 2 lety +1

    No wonder Airlines are fighting over the fast growing market.

  • @TaskSwitcherify
    @TaskSwitcherify Před 2 lety +2

    It will become AustAngeles or San Francaustin - housing prices will rise, so will tech salaries, etc.

  • @gusposey8218
    @gusposey8218 Před 2 lety +1

    NBC should know the difference between *its* and *it's.*

  • @artistaprimus7080
    @artistaprimus7080 Před 2 lety +3

    Yea, I live in the area. Im retired so im dont have to drive to work every day. Austins traffic matches LA at times. Its a mixed bag as are most things.

    • @adanactnomew7085
      @adanactnomew7085 Před 2 lety +1

      They should build more walkable neighbourhoods and build more public transit

  • @Torontopia
    @Torontopia Před 2 lety +6

    The tech industry will destroy Austin just like it did to beautiful San Francisco. Great wealth also brings great despair because as prices rise, average income people will have few options. With the rising costs comes stress, anxiety and drug addiction, just like SF.

  • @Antony..24
    @Antony..24 Před 2 lety +2

    The city has turned into a WOKE San Francisco

  • @wenderella81
    @wenderella81 Před rokem

    I hate it here and I want out! Traffic is the worst I have ever seen. I shouldn't be in fear of losing my life driving 3 miles to work. It is out of control. Road rage is at it's worse.

  • @christopherlee6055
    @christopherlee6055 Před 2 lety +6

    Alot of great places to live in Texas not just Austin.

  • @Shani03314
    @Shani03314 Před 2 lety

    Last night, someone set the Austin, Texas synagogue on fire.

  • @fredflintstone2234
    @fredflintstone2234 Před 2 lety +3

    Where is the water coming from? Drought ridden.

    • @susannahl139
      @susannahl139 Před 2 lety +1

      It rains around 35 inches annually in Austin, almost as much as Seattle

  • @mzzzol
    @mzzzol Před 2 lety +6

    I'm moving to Austin very soon January 2022 from San Antonio.
    I love Austin I'm Vegan and there are lots of options in Austin.

  • @SuperKillerdog
    @SuperKillerdog Před 2 lety +4

    Property taxes in Texas is Crazy high, so I don't know. Good for businesses and bad for homeowners.

    • @josephkordinak1591
      @josephkordinak1591 Před 2 lety +4

      They give the companies big tax breaks to come here and then put the burden of the added costs on the backs of the taxpayers.

    • @SuperKillerdog
      @SuperKillerdog Před 2 lety +2

      @@josephkordinak1591 Exactly, and those companies pay lower wages in Texas.

  • @jonraborn5132
    @jonraborn5132 Před 2 lety

    Community first village:Austin tx.
    Hogs eye rd. Austin tx.
    Community first village:Austin tx.

  • @krisjohnson589
    @krisjohnson589 Před 2 lety +2

    stop making texas another California

  • @deonrichardson5250
    @deonrichardson5250 Před rokem

    Austin, TX 💯💯💯

  • @ChilliHeeler567
    @ChilliHeeler567 Před měsícem

    I love Austin, Texas lone star state.

  • @3618499
    @3618499 Před 2 lety

    😯 " NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING!.... Unquestionably, Austin TX is ' on a roll ' and only time will tell for how long. How often has The U.S. seen these boom-and-bust regional scenarios wherein one big metro becomes the ' it place ' to be. There's a massive influx of new economic and population growth resulting in dramatic prosperity, for a myriad of reasons, only to eventually lose it's luster and fall out of favor. Why? Because of the more often than not difficult burden of meeting and sustaining the explosive growth, displacement, and other socioeconomic issues that can't be easily address or resolved like in the past. For the moment, Austin's on ' everybody's lips ' in a good way. But only time will tell for how long. Hopefully, it will ' buck the odds ' . "

  • @thomasbikes
    @thomasbikes Před 2 lety +1

    Sucks for the locals if you wanted to buy a house you have been priced out. 🤣

    • @ahmedzakikhan7639
      @ahmedzakikhan7639 Před 2 lety

      Just buy a condo near the downtown. 🏠 was an obsession of the previous generations.

  • @lobsterclaws3005
    @lobsterclaws3005 Před 2 lety +1

    Eh.. I'm kinda over it

  • @evilgrin07
    @evilgrin07 Před 2 lety

    Im moving there from San Antonio...Wish me Luck...Skill and Fortune :)

  • @weekenderfam7965
    @weekenderfam7965 Před 2 lety +2

    the next San Francisco

  • @majeshirkaku1543
    @majeshirkaku1543 Před 2 lety +1

    Please show the crime

  • @DoniPogba777
    @DoniPogba777 Před rokem

    My cousins are living there...

  • @michaeltrower741
    @michaeltrower741 Před rokem +1

    summers are insanely hot

  • @JensSchraeder
    @JensSchraeder Před 2 lety +1

    Dont California my Texas!!

  • @Mayito_Tamps
    @Mayito_Tamps Před rokem +1

    DONT CALIFORNIA MY TEXAS!!!!!

  • @malcorub
    @malcorub Před 2 lety

    Oh well, guess I'm moving to San Antonio.

  • @Make_Me_A_Sandwhich
    @Make_Me_A_Sandwhich Před 2 lety

    That’s some big houses

  • @ianolexsak4054
    @ianolexsak4054 Před 2 lety +1

    Low taxes.... HAHAHAHAHA!!! Lets be clear... low taxes for business. Property taxes are much higher here. I moved here from Seattle and pay double in property taxes at 3%.

  • @gaelrodregez321
    @gaelrodregez321 Před 2 lety

    I hope they will grow in 2027

  • @MrEdlgar
    @MrEdlgar Před 2 lety +4

    Thieves everywhere. I'm not sure where this mentality came from but every other person I've met has a story of their property being stolen or broken into.

    • @migol1984
      @migol1984 Před 2 lety +2

      I've lived here since 1998. And from amongst myself and my family, we've only had my car stolen back in 2006. I'm sure it depends greatly where you live. But this thing about "thieves everywhere" is also an exaggeration.

    • @bonesandbells
      @bonesandbells Před 2 lety +1

      It's mostly a lot of small theft cases, but have had several musician friends have instruments stolen downtown. Package thieves come by almost daily, people come through my fairly nice neighborhood checking car doors almost weekly, and the community mailboxes are broken into so often that there is always a huge line at my post office to pick up mail while boxes are being replaced.

  • @yogijones8527
    @yogijones8527 Před 2 lety +1

    I plan on moving to Texas as well governor Abbott got my ears glued to him

  • @jonraborn5132
    @jonraborn5132 Před 2 lety +1

    Planned parenthood Austin tx.
    Right to work state of texas Austin tx.
    Planned parenthood Austin tx.
    Womens rights Austin tx.

  • @oinkpiggin
    @oinkpiggin Před 2 lety

    Who doesn't want Austin ? People enjoy the beach.

  • @ChicoTheMan69
    @ChicoTheMan69 Před rokem

    Why do all these people moving here have to have a dog? We got people running up and down every street and a bunch of dummies swimming in town lake. It used to be against city ordinance to swim in it because it's dirty and underwater currents and hydrilla and stuff.

  • @burtbenz9964
    @burtbenz9964 Před 2 lety

    Reverse migration happens. 200 k cheaper than cali.

  • @juniorcarmona323
    @juniorcarmona323 Před 2 lety

    I wish all these Californians would just move to Colorado

  • @23cla69
    @23cla69 Před 2 lety

    Low taxes only means the working class pay for it.

  • @konstantinosvassiliadis6853

    austin is a progressive city in a coservative state and that has helped creating an environment open to everyone. you don't get that in blue states lately :(

  • @lenny42069
    @lenny42069 Před rokem

    Happy they are able to "do their lively hood" there.

  • @jimboy0041
    @jimboy0041 Před 2 lety +4

    The reason for texas success is simple: no democratic governor no high taxes and regulation

  • @DavidS22003
    @DavidS22003 Před 2 lety

    people from texas love paying taxes . texas is the word taxes in Spanish

  • @Persiaan
    @Persiaan Před 2 lety +1

    I love living in Austin 🤍

  • @kalenhicks4814
    @kalenhicks4814 Před 2 lety +1

    I lived outside of Austin in Round Rock and Pflugerville and it was honestly the best years of my life. Great city and even friendlier people! Keep Austin Weird yall!!!✌😊

  • @texishpod
    @texishpod Před 2 lety

    As Austin continues to grow more leaders like JeVon McCormick are needed: czcams.com/video/nFZayjAG0ug/video.html

  • @pohakumana4288
    @pohakumana4288 Před 2 lety +3

    ONE PROBLEM, it's in texas. LOL Can't afford Hawaii?

  • @josephcarreon783
    @josephcarreon783 Před 2 lety +2

    To hot 🥵 citys

  • @kennethgonzales5079
    @kennethgonzales5079 Před 2 lety

    Where's TRIBE Headquarters!

  • @vangannaway1015
    @vangannaway1015 Před 2 lety

    Uhhh ....... 25 years too late.

  • @x-men69-96
    @x-men69-96 Před rokem

    Blue state vs Red state. You see in your own eyes. Still people keep voting blue

  • @Lucas-hd7kz
    @Lucas-hd7kz Před 2 lety +3

    Coming from France, I've always considered moving to Silicon Valley for tech business. Now that Apple and Musk are reaching to Austin, and considering how cool life seems there, I'll probably change my plans.

  • @big827
    @big827 Před 2 lety +2

    Austin is expensive oh wait im just broke