it grew too fast, and that ruined it, moved there in 84 for grad school, left in 87, had great time, easy to get around, and truly fun and safe, it's not like that anymore
Austin is a place to live in your 20's. They have built the city as things to do which is a youthful lifestyle. Small downtown apartments, bars and stylish restaurants. Once people starts to grow up and have families and age out of the bar scenes, they realize there's little that core Austin offers for them post age 35.
I live in The Dallas area and Austin problems are; 1. Homeless problem unlike anywhere in Texas. Very similar to California. 2. Graffitti everywhere. 3. Traffic sucks. 4. Too many crazy liberals.
Great video and I sincerely apologize to you for ALL of the people from California have managed to completely RUIN your beautiful city of Austin, Texas!!! :(- I left California 13 years ago for VEGA$ and now the absolutely WORST neighborhoods even in VEGA$ have some of the highest prices that someone could have bought the same property for a THIRD of what it sells for now :(
So you were the one that ruin Vegas. Your self hating. Thanks for making Vegas unaffordable Californian. Do you ever listen to yourself when you comment. Just becuase you got their first doesn't change a thing you still move from california more followed and now your mad becuase other people were thinking like you.
We left Buda, just South of Austin, in 2021 after seeing the future writing on the wall. One had to make a reservation to dip in Hamilton Pool by that time, traffic was already a nightmare, and there was no stop to the daily influx of non-Texans. My property taxes increased by over 50% in a single year, which I’m not even sure is legal. Woke politics let just as many homeless as home-buying newcomers into the city and surrounding towns. It became too weird. We went back to small town Texas where hardly anyone wears face diapers, people are more cordial, our kids are not exposed to the mind virus of Leftism, and politics are as straight as the politicians.
I got an auto-immune disease, been wearing masks for years… Why do you care what I do?.. Maybe that’s the problem?.. You?.. And I’m betting you never even considered that?.. lol..
Deep East Texas is the place to be. Nacogdoches is an amazingly college town with lots of the Austin 6th street vibes. However, it still retains traditional rural folk ways of East Texas. Beautiful country rural women and strong country rural men.
Extreme weather (extreme heat/drought, extreme ice storms, extreme allergies) extreme politics, extreme Californiacation, extreme property taxes and extreme cost of living are killing Austin. 10-15 years ago, people would just act like they’re living in the Bay Area. Now Bay Area actually came and took over the city and ruined any coolness factor that was left.
Austin grew into the 5 counties that surround it. The area is called the ATX. It's great. Live music everywhere. Everything has been expensive in Austin since We first lived in in 1972.
I’ve lived in Austin since 1990. I’m a small business owner as well. I’ve been in the same business since 2000. I hope people are leaving, the mass influx has ruined this city in many ways. The cost of doing business and living is just stupid, the crime rates are through the roof. Homeless people are everywhere. “Live “ music is all but gone, except for a few venues that charge ridiculous ticket prices to see a concert. For example, I have a wife and child and can’t get into a major concert for less than $1k. Stupid. Another huge problem is homogeneous political representation on City council. Austin, as a city is certainly more liberal than anything else, but the residents are pretty mixed. Some conservatives, a lot of libertarians, and or course democrats. But city council representation is always pretty much 100% liberal. So high taxes…like higher than all the liberals that vote for them. It’s terrible. Traffic is also unbelievably bad. Period. And finally, some of the worst school systems you will ever deal with. I have a teen anger who unfortunately was put into the AISD. This year we will be pulling her from this system and homeschooling. If I didn’t already have so many roots put down in this city, I would leave as well. And I would never recommend to anyone looking for a nice place to live to come to Austin. And just to push back a little on this lady in the video when she says the people here are super creative and fantastic…no. Just no. The city USED to be that way. Now people are just average big city jerks. Way more aggressive than it used to be. These days you can’t even head down to the entertainment district ,4th-6th street , without risking being shot.
you're so right, I made 6 trips last yr. to find a place to buy, I'm retired and in Houston, gave up after seeing high taxes, traffic, and overpriced fixer uppers all over
No a lot of companies are calling employees back to the office. Especially the Tech industry. So remote workers are moving back to the places their companies are located. Plus companies like Tesla and other tech companies are laying people off in droves. Everything isn't solely rooted in politics.
People are attracted to Austin because it's more left than a traditional boring Texas city like Dallas and Houston so yeah, don't understand how wokeness drives up rent prices tho
The voting? 😂 yeah, that has nothing to do with it. The whole reason it was attractive in the first place was bc of Austin being progressive. It got expensive bc all the tech bros ran up the prices of real estate.
We love that people are moving out of Austin. Arrogant tech workers are being laid off left and right and those who refuse to move out are offered Texas level poverty salary.
Austin wouldn’t even b on the map without the capitol or UT. Terrible traffic, ridiculously priced homes, over hyped hipster culture. Texas biz happens n Dallas and Houston.
Austin used to be cool about 30 years ago but all the freaks started moving there from California Oregon and Washington and the brought there Fd up politics with them! True Texans don’t even consider Austin as Texas anymore it may be fixable but it’s gonna take a lot of work!
I moved away just before pandemic and when I go visit, it’s sooo different. It makes me really sad because some of my favorite places have closed, traffic is unreal, everywhere is crowded. I also noticed people in the service industry are super rude.
Terrible content. No mention of homelessness, no mention of whacko communist politics of austin city council, no mention of AISD school system is total crap, no mention of increased crime and defunding police. This was a superficial podcast that didn’t address the main points.
One thing I noticed about Austin is that the neighborhoods, as I imagine dont have HOA, just let their vegetation grow unmanicured. Trees and bushes just hang out. Grass is uncut and everything looks like it hasnt been touched in years. To each his own as it doesnt bother me its just different. You could live in a HOA controlled neighborhood anywhere in the US and they complain all the time about how long your grass is of tree branches hanging too low. I love the t-shirt I saw "keep Austin weird".
Yes, this is where many buyers decide that paying an HOA may be worth it. There are some neighborhoods without HOA's where all the lawns look great but these are exceptions.
@@LindseyKellerAustinRealtor The areas I was in are close to downtown and expensive. I just assumed people in these areas have a preference for letting landscape be wild..
Same for Dallas, Houston, San Antonio etc,etc. Economic growth in a way destroys the old world cities. I have seen changes in Austin in the last 10 yrs. Nevertheless, people still moving here everyday in my neighborhood from out of state. Tennessee, Alabama, New York, California, Maine. To name few. I recognize their car number plates. Only people moving out are the elderly. High taxes and city water and sewage charges are too high to stomach. Suburbs are ok but commuting into work is no fun - try commuting from Dripping Springs or Manor in the morning into Austin. That will change your mind in a hurry about living out in these suburbs. Ok if you work from home. But that is change also.
Add very high humidity to the heat, Billions of Blood Thirsty Mosquitos, the proliferation of guns in Texas, there not being any beaches within hundreds of miles and the prospect of being charged with murder for drinking an herbal tea to end a pregnancy, and Texas leaves a lot to be desired. And while it’s fun to head on out 6th street to ck out the music scene every once in awhile, there really isn’t much to do in Austin. I lived there back in the 1980’s when Austin really was a nice place to live still. Not anymore!
The lady is apolitical. Don’t know what her financial situation is but it’s probably enough for her family to live in an area not affected by the “progressive” city council’s numb skull decisions. Has she seen the tent city areas lately.
@michaelsix9684 or, is it just getting all the attention from media because it's more liberal? Fort Worth has grown 83% from 2000-23, while Austin has grown only 49% during the same time frame.
@choatican it is not a suburb! That is the most ridiculous comment! You are clueless! Economically miniscule? It's a principal city in the 4th largest metro area in the country. I guarantee you It's Economic base is greater than Austin's
Austin will most likely follow any number of big cities that are the capitals of their states. The downtown will economically decline, the government will become increasingly statist/liberal/communist, and the state government increasingly hostile to the rest of Texas. And of course, the universities in and near Austin and their communistic outlook will contribute greatly to this.
That’s the liberals fault too. Even though conservatives have been driving for over 30 years..last dem governor was Ann Richard’s…who was she ..all negatives continue to be blamed on liberals. It works for them. It keeps their lie going.
The next big migration wave will be climate driven. Areas that are prone to droughts wildfires 🔥 Tornadoes 🌪Hurricanes 🌀 Flooding🌊 blizzards❄️🥶 if you live in one these regions the weather events will strengthen and many people will have choose whether to tolerate annual destruction or move to other climate hospitable regions.
Lived in Austin from '93 to 2021 and moved to San Antonio. San Antonio is a bigger city, easier to get around, lower cost of living, although not 'cheap' either. I could sense Austin was losing its culture ~ 2015-2021; out-of-touch local government WRT taxes and spending, severe spike in housing/rents; more people moving to ATX and not just over-paying for older homes, but demolishing the structure and over-building much larger homes; over-crowded roads that were designed in the early 70s; long-time, beloved establishments closing their doors. Go to Central Austin (old Austin) and all you see now are "mixed-use" and over-priced eateries.
Precisely. How is San Antonio - is it still San Antonio or is being gentrified into Austin 2.0? Same question about San Marcos. Pilot in Houston who may be transferred to that area as my "base" of operations. Thanks!
They are touchy feely carryers of cling ons like demon s in their heads , party life style so see they say it dont quite feel well get out if feeling what a drama seen , all the worlds people on the edge of night searching for tommorrow touchy feely wow wow wow .
it grew too fast, and that ruined it, moved there in 84 for grad school, left in 87, had great time, easy to get around, and truly fun and safe, it's not like that anymore
I remember the 90's when it was still a small town and fun.
Austin is a place to live in your 20's. They have built the city as things to do which is a youthful lifestyle. Small downtown apartments, bars and stylish restaurants. Once people starts to grow up and have families and age out of the bar scenes, they realize there's little that core Austin offers for them post age 35.
Yes 100 percent agree! If you are older than 40 and have kids, look elsewhere.
Austin is over. It was over in the 90s but folks are just now realizing it. Seriously! Remember “Keep Austin Weird” happened for a reason 😆
Yeah, in the 70s we fought to keep Austin cool. We lost… it really was a cool place.
Austin used to be fun. Not any more.
We bought our first home for 38000 in 91. It sold recently for over 300,000,which is totally ridiculous.
Figure the price in gold and maybe has not even gone up.
I live in The Dallas area and Austin problems are; 1. Homeless problem unlike anywhere in Texas. Very similar to California. 2. Graffitti everywhere. 3. Traffic sucks. 4. Too many crazy liberals.
Ed Martinez? Comical 😂
You mean too many crooked republicans.
Austin sucks kinda bad but its still FAR better than Dallas or Houston. Best big cities in Texas to live are Fort Worth (by far) or San Antonio.
@@steveludwig4200 Good point on Ft. Worth. Of course, San Antonio has always been cool.
@@steveludwig4200 Collin County beats Dallas, Ft Worth, Austin, Houston or San Antonio. I've lived in all.
No talk of crime and homeless situation!!
We are trying to bury our skeletons!
Calling 911 is pointless. That's when I decided to move
Great video and I sincerely apologize to you for ALL of the people from California have managed to completely RUIN your beautiful city of Austin, Texas!!! :(- I left California 13 years ago for VEGA$ and now the absolutely WORST neighborhoods even in VEGA$ have some of the highest prices that someone could have bought the same property for a THIRD of what it sells for now :(
So you were the one that ruin Vegas. Your self hating. Thanks for making Vegas unaffordable Californian. Do you ever listen to yourself when you comment. Just becuase you got their first doesn't change a thing you still move from california more followed and now your mad becuase other people were thinking like you.
We left Buda, just South of Austin, in 2021 after seeing the future writing on the wall. One had to make a reservation to dip in Hamilton Pool by that time, traffic was already a nightmare, and there was no stop to the daily influx of non-Texans. My property taxes increased by over 50% in a single year, which I’m not even sure is legal. Woke politics let just as many homeless as home-buying newcomers into the city and surrounding towns. It became too weird. We went back to small town Texas where hardly anyone wears face diapers, people are more cordial, our kids are not exposed to the mind virus of Leftism, and politics are as straight as the politicians.
You know that’s right
The leftist locusts destroy and move to the next area
I got an auto-immune disease, been wearing masks for years… Why do you care what I do?..
Maybe that’s the problem?.. You?.. And I’m betting you never even considered that?.. lol..
Hamilton Pool has always been a SEWER.
Deep East Texas is the place to be. Nacogdoches is an amazingly college town with lots of the Austin 6th street vibes. However, it still retains traditional rural folk ways of East Texas. Beautiful country rural women and strong country rural men.
because its as liberal as berkley ca.
Austin has always been known as the San Francisco of TX
Extreme weather (extreme heat/drought, extreme ice storms, extreme allergies) extreme politics, extreme Californiacation, extreme property taxes and extreme cost of living are killing Austin. 10-15 years ago, people would just act like they’re living in the Bay Area. Now Bay Area actually came and took over the city and ruined any coolness factor that was left.
I don't understand people clamoring to live in Texas that has a terrible climate, public services, and government. And I'm a native Texan.
Austin grew into the 5 counties that surround it. The area is called the ATX. It's great. Live music everywhere. Everything has been expensive in Austin since We first lived in in 1972.
Agree 100%
I’ve lived in Austin since 1990. I’m a small business owner as well. I’ve been in the same business since 2000. I hope people are leaving, the mass influx has ruined this city in many ways. The cost of doing business and living is just stupid, the crime rates are through the roof. Homeless people are everywhere. “Live “ music is all but gone, except for a few venues that charge ridiculous ticket prices to see a concert. For example, I have a wife and child and can’t get into a major concert for less than $1k. Stupid. Another huge problem is homogeneous political representation on City council. Austin, as a city is certainly more liberal than anything else, but the residents are pretty mixed. Some conservatives, a lot of libertarians, and or course democrats. But city council representation is always pretty much 100% liberal. So high taxes…like higher than all the liberals that vote for them. It’s terrible. Traffic is also unbelievably bad. Period. And finally, some of the worst school systems you will ever deal with. I have a teen anger who unfortunately was put into the AISD. This year we will be pulling her from this system and homeschooling. If I didn’t already have so many roots put down in this city, I would leave as well. And I would never recommend to anyone looking for a nice place to live to come to Austin. And just to push back a little on this lady in the video when she says the people here are super creative and fantastic…no. Just no. The city USED to be that way. Now people are just average big city jerks. Way more aggressive than it used to be. These days you can’t even head down to the entertainment district ,4th-6th street , without risking being shot.
you're so right, I made 6 trips last yr. to find a place to buy, I'm retired and in Houston, gave up after seeing high taxes, traffic, and overpriced fixer uppers all over
Like I said, in another string… I remember when Austin was cool. Not proud of being… “Weird”
I’ve lived in Austin since 2,000 and downtown has always been unaffordable for even above average money, meaning $150K and above.
They moved from California and moved to Austin and kept voting the same way and now wonder why there’s a problem.
DEMONCRATS
No a lot of companies are calling employees back to the office. Especially the Tech industry. So remote workers are moving back to the places their companies are located. Plus companies like Tesla and other tech companies are laying people off in droves. Everything isn't solely rooted in politics.
People are attracted to Austin because it's more left than a traditional boring Texas city like Dallas and Houston so yeah, don't understand how wokeness drives up rent prices tho
The voting? 😂 yeah, that has nothing to do with it. The whole reason it was attractive in the first place was bc of Austin being progressive. It got expensive bc all the tech bros ran up the prices of real estate.
Yah well Austin is in Texas. And Texas is a very very red state. And the Texas legislature is very very red. So….
Actually , my dream is to live abroad.
I have changed my mind after the Covid years.
Time is NOT money, time is L I F E !
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Agreed people trading their LIFE for paychecks.
We love that people are moving out of Austin. Arrogant tech workers are being laid off left and right and those who refuse to move out are offered Texas level poverty salary.
“Dream of californication…..”🎵🎶🎵
Austin wouldn’t even b on the map without the capitol or UT. Terrible traffic, ridiculously priced homes, over hyped hipster culture. Texas biz happens n Dallas and Houston.
I’m here for work now and I’m very surprised how liberal it is. Had no idea really.
Austin used to be cool about 30 years ago but all the freaks started moving there from California Oregon and Washington and the brought there Fd up politics with them! True Texans don’t even consider Austin as Texas anymore it may be fixable but it’s gonna take a lot of work!
Nah,can’t fix the morons in Austin
Population growth slowing down is not the same as everyone is leaving. Enuff with the hyperbolic titles. I was there last week, far from a ghost town
I moved away just before pandemic and when I go visit, it’s sooo different. It makes me really sad because some of my favorite places have closed, traffic is unreal, everywhere is crowded. I also noticed people in the service industry are super rude.
very hot summers and they're getting worse, cost of living is not unsustainable
Austinistan has fallen. The woke capitol of Texas. Sad.
Yup
Grew up there..Westwood 1989..Adler ruined it. Current is doing much better. Cost of living is STUPID.
Round Rock 89… moved out of Austin area in 2002.
If they are leaving tell them to go north and west!
Terrible content. No mention of homelessness, no mention of whacko communist politics of austin city council, no mention of AISD school system is total crap, no mention of increased crime and defunding police. This was a superficial podcast that didn’t address the main points.
Thank you for all the great ideas for future videos.
Communist. 😂😂 you don't even know what that word is.
I triple dog dare you to make videos of these issues 🤣 unless you are in-fact an AI Bot 🤷🏻♀️
@@felipenunez2058Dude watches way too much FoxNews and believes every single propaganda nonsense.
The poorest counties and states in the United States are Republican states!!!
One thing I noticed about Austin is that the neighborhoods, as I imagine dont have HOA, just let their vegetation grow unmanicured. Trees and bushes just hang out. Grass is uncut and everything looks like it hasnt been touched in years. To each his own as it doesnt bother me its just different. You could live in a HOA controlled neighborhood anywhere in the US and they complain all the time about how long your grass is of tree branches hanging too low. I love the t-shirt I saw "keep Austin weird".
Yes, this is where many buyers decide that paying an HOA may be worth it. There are some neighborhoods without HOA's where all the lawns look great but these are exceptions.
@@LindseyKellerAustinRealtor The areas I was in are close to downtown and expensive. I just assumed people in these areas have a preference for letting landscape be wild..
Doesn’t even know what Keep Austin Weird is 😂
the only way to survive the heat is to use the power grid to cool your living/work spaces and that can be expensive
Same for Dallas, Houston, San Antonio etc,etc. Economic growth in a way destroys the old world cities.
I have seen changes in Austin in the last 10 yrs. Nevertheless, people still moving here everyday in my neighborhood from out of state. Tennessee, Alabama, New York, California, Maine. To name few. I recognize their car number plates. Only people moving out are the elderly. High taxes and city water and sewage charges are too high to stomach. Suburbs are ok but commuting into work is no fun - try commuting from Dripping Springs or Manor in the morning into Austin. That will change your mind in a hurry about living out in these suburbs. Ok if you work from home. But that is change also.
What other cities had big corporations move IN and the city declined?
Biking benefits very small portion of population for cost! Find places to bike out-of-the-way, don’t mix with cars!
I live in NB and have not visited Austin since 2018. It looks like a headache.
Add very high humidity to the heat, Billions of Blood Thirsty Mosquitos, the proliferation of guns in Texas, there not being any beaches within hundreds of miles and the prospect of being charged with murder for drinking an herbal tea to end a pregnancy, and Texas leaves a lot to be desired. And while it’s fun to head on out 6th street to ck out the music scene every once in awhile, there really isn’t much to do in Austin. I lived there back in the 1980’s when Austin really was a nice place to live still. Not anymore!
Its hot... crowded... really bad traffic...
The lady is apolitical. Don’t know what her financial situation is but it’s probably enough for her family to live in an area not affected by the “progressive” city council’s numb skull decisions. Has she seen the tent city areas lately.
Fort Worth has actually been growing way faster than Austin since 2000. I don't get why Austin gets all the attention while Fort Worth gets none?
they have been doing more PR longer
@michaelsix9684 or, is it just getting all the attention from media because it's more liberal? Fort Worth has grown 83% from 2000-23, while Austin has grown only 49% during the same time frame.
@@michaelsix9684 they won't be able to ignore it when Fort Worth becomes the 10th largest city next year
Because Fort Worth is just a suburb of Dallas and not a real city. It's economy and culture is miniscule compared to Austin.
@choatican it is not a suburb! That is the most ridiculous comment! You are clueless! Economically miniscule? It's a principal city in the 4th largest metro area in the country. I guarantee you It's Economic base is greater than Austin's
What about the massive amounts of homeless encampments? Defunded police departments and high crime? Those might be a few reasons as well….
Lots of those jobs working from home have gone overseas because of lower wages.
people have moved to other areas of Texas as well. Has messed a lot of Texas up.
I miss the old Austin
i thought everybody in california was moving to austin? did that change?
Austin has become LA with no mountains, high RE taxes, bad weather and no ocean.
Sure would be strange if “everyone left Austin”. Possibly you meant some people are leaving?
I'm sure it was a nice place, up thru the early 90s. But due to the 24/7 nightmare traffic and the hyper- liberalism, I'll stay away at all costs.
You mean the hyperstupidity that is conservatism. Who the fuck wants that?
Austin will most likely follow any number of big cities that are the capitals of their states. The downtown will economically decline, the government will become increasingly statist/liberal/communist, and the state government increasingly hostile to the rest of Texas.
And of course, the universities in and near Austin and their communistic outlook will contribute greatly to this.
Lmao at the shit you're saying, you still drinking bleach?
Look at the ERCOT catastrophe... energy is up 30% in the last year.
That’s the liberals fault too. Even though conservatives have been driving for over 30 years..last dem governor was Ann Richard’s…who was she ..all negatives continue to be blamed on liberals. It works for them. It keeps their lie going.
Yes. Get out. Too many people are making it expensive, driving up taxes.
good content
Its sora
Hi Sora!
Becoming another SF or LA California....high cost of living homeless and traffic!
The next big migration wave will be climate driven. Areas that are prone to droughts wildfires 🔥 Tornadoes 🌪Hurricanes 🌀 Flooding🌊 blizzards❄️🥶 if you live in one these regions the weather events will strengthen and many people will have choose whether to tolerate annual destruction or move to other climate hospitable regions.
lololololololol
Lived in Austin from '93 to 2021 and moved to San Antonio. San Antonio is a bigger city, easier to get around, lower cost of living, although not 'cheap' either. I could sense Austin was losing its culture ~ 2015-2021; out-of-touch local government WRT taxes and spending, severe spike in housing/rents; more people moving to ATX and not just over-paying for older homes, but demolishing the structure and over-building much larger homes; over-crowded roads that were designed in the early 70s; long-time, beloved establishments closing their doors. Go to Central Austin (old Austin) and all you see now are "mixed-use" and over-priced eateries.
San Antonio blows.
@@dekaywill4572 Better than S hole you live in!
Precisely. How is San Antonio - is it still San Antonio or is being gentrified into Austin 2.0? Same question about San Marcos. Pilot in Houston who may be transferred to that area as my "base" of operations. Thanks!
Exactly! Embarrassing for Texas!!!!!
Surprised you didn't bring up the homeless, can't shut your eyes forever, remember San Fransico.
Too many liberals
Her vocal fry is killing me.
Traffic.
You say things have changed for last 10 years………try last 20 years !!!
Duh! It's a cesspool and was even in the late 1980s.
She forgot to mention all the political crap that is unique to Texas. Intelligent people don’t want to put up with that B.S.
Wow, move from California from your trash voting and still talking that bs. You’re hilarious
@@robkoerth you assume I’m from California? May I assume you’re from Alabama? How’s that marriage to your sister coming along?
@@glb360123 why would an Alabaman have input here? Your skills of investigation are not good. Don’t quit your day job of happy endings.
@@glb360123 you’re not intelligent, you spoke of Texas conservatives as BS. You’re a Californian.
@@robkoerth there you go again🙄
Everyone leaving because it's a smaller Cali!! 🤬🤬😳😳👎👎
They are touchy feely carryers of cling ons like demon s in their heads , party life style so see they say it dont quite feel well get out if feeling what a drama seen , all the worlds people on the edge of night searching for tommorrow touchy feely wow wow wow .
Because it’s hot?!.. IDK, best guess?..
Austin is a blue city, homeless, vote the Demoncrats out.
Weird way of saying that there is a crime and homeless problem. But what do you expect from a democrat run city.
Where is the prolife people? Wanna live? Get those prices down lol
austin sucks thats why lmao.