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the city of austin partnered with private equity to “preserve affordable housing”, and it has gone about as well as every other single situation that involves private equity www.kut.org/austin/2023-...
Austin helped buy cheap apartments with the intent of keeping prices low. Instead, rents went up.
At each of the apartment buildings, rent went up as much as 25%. While tenants received notice of the increase from the previous owner, it came weeks before the city and its partner finalized the purc...
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November 30, 2023 at 4:44 PM
the city of austin partnered with private equity to “preserve affordable housing”, and it has gone about as well as every other single situation that involves private equity www.kut.org/austin/2023-...
open to being convinced, i really don’t know if the money and political capital is worth it. so many other things that can improve peoples lives www.kxan.com/traffic/traf...
Could Austinites weigh in on an I-35 ‘cap and stitch’ bond election?
But with an estimated $730 million in funding sources needing to be identified by December 2024, one Austin City Council member is eyeing a possible bond election proposal to help supplement any fe…
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October 12, 2023 at 1:46 PM
open to being convinced, i really don’t know if the money and political capital is worth it. so many other things that can improve peoples lives www.kxan.com/traffic/traf...
if anyone ever tries to tell you the mexican food in nyc isn’t dire i would direct them to this post where a person describes refried beans as an exotic dish that they need recs for www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/co...
Mexican Refried Pinto Beans, Frijoles Refritos? : r/FoodNYC
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October 11, 2023 at 9:18 PM
if anyone ever tries to tell you the mexican food in nyc isn’t dire i would direct them to this post where a person describes refried beans as an exotic dish that they need recs for www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/co...
i have wondered about this after hearing so many stories of police just not responding to things in austin
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Dept Did Nothing to Stop Him.
To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.
To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department D...
Across the country, police have undermined and resisted reform. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they...
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October 10, 2023 at 12:44 PM
i have wondered about this after hearing so many stories of police just not responding to things in austin
obviously i wish this were public and cheaper but it says something about the state of car ownership that it will be probably be well used. even the people that already own cars (everyone in florida) are miserable
Now that Brighltine is open to Orlando, how does it compare to other US intercity corridors? Bottom line: it’s faster (both in top and average speed) and more frequent than anything else outside the Northeast Corridor, but it’s also pricy.
October 2, 2023 at 12:36 PM
obviously i wish this were public and cheaper but it says something about the state of car ownership that it will be probably be well used. even the people that already own cars (everyone in florida) are miserable
people that have hated elon for years, decades even, will never get the credit they deserve. if this is you know that you have a special place in my heart
September 29, 2023 at 8:47 PM
people that have hated elon for years, decades even, will never get the credit they deserve. if this is you know that you have a special place in my heart
spending $735 million to cap a highway that shouldn’t be there seems like a big a waste of money. if the city council doesn’t have the juice to stop the project then fuck it focus on something else, build some housing
September 29, 2023 at 3:37 PM
spending $735 million to cap a highway that shouldn’t be there seems like a big a waste of money. if the city council doesn’t have the juice to stop the project then fuck it focus on something else, build some housing
having dinner next to the dumbest building on earth
September 29, 2023 at 1:20 AM
having dinner next to the dumbest building on earth
spending the week in san jose ca at the in-laws and folks you won’t believe this but their land use is even more dogshit than central texas. in what i’m sure is unrelated news the unremarkable 4br 2.5ba on a small lot down the block is for sale for $1.9 mil
September 24, 2023 at 9:29 PM
spending the week in san jose ca at the in-laws and folks you won’t believe this but their land use is even more dogshit than central texas. in what i’m sure is unrelated news the unremarkable 4br 2.5ba on a small lot down the block is for sale for $1.9 mil
suppose if i want to fuck over elon, a dream i’ve had for years now, i should start by posting here more
September 21, 2023 at 1:26 AM
suppose if i want to fuck over elon, a dream i’ve had for years now, i should start by posting here more
Reposted by Austin Transit Blog
TxDOT said in 2002 that ~200k cars and trucks crossed I-35 at Lady Bird Lake each day. The department estimated that volume would grow by 65 percent by 2020.
In 2022, per TxDOT's own data, ~200k cars and trucks crossed I-35 at Lady Bird Lake each day.
In 2022, per TxDOT's own data, ~200k cars and trucks crossed I-35 at Lady Bird Lake each day.
September 20, 2023 at 3:53 PM
TxDOT said in 2002 that ~200k cars and trucks crossed I-35 at Lady Bird Lake each day. The department estimated that volume would grow by 65 percent by 2020.
In 2022, per TxDOT's own data, ~200k cars and trucks crossed I-35 at Lady Bird Lake each day.
In 2022, per TxDOT's own data, ~200k cars and trucks crossed I-35 at Lady Bird Lake each day.