Want a Taste of Living in Austin?
The husband and I seem unknowingly attracted to cities that have an ongoing tug of war between preservation (more like stagnation) and progress. Our time as dwellers of The City Different (aka, Santa Fe, New Mexico, although I don't know if it uses that slogan any longer) opened our eyes to this fight, and we continue to experience here in hipper-than-thou Live Music Capital of the World (ha!) Austin. On one side you have the old-timers who seem dead set on preserving their nostalgia-heavy memories, even though the things they remember about their city have long since changed and can never be brought back. On the other side are the folks who want to drag everyone, kicking and screaming if necessary, into the bright, shiny, ultra-convenient future--if even that future's bright gleam wears off in nanoseconds and brings on more inconveniences than it solves.
Some folks in Austin can't seem to let go of the past. This article from today's Austin American-Statesman typifies that stubbornness:
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