Good old gentrification or what?
low taxes + cheaper to live in
although it's being talked about way more now, the migration really started like 15 years ago lol
e: now the prices are increasing so much it isn't even that much cheaper to live in Austin short-term(great long term bc no state tax). Now everyone just lives in roundrock and commutes, and the prices there are also exploding
15 years ago
Urban planners we're considering Austin already fully gentrified that long ago
Then they were wrong. Austin in 2007 wasn't even close to what it is now. East 6th Street was still a working class neighborhood instead of a giant block of condos, for instance.
Friend of mine moved there from Chicago, moved back, then went to Denver, and is now moving back to Austin.
For the life of me I can't figure out why.
It's a lib city with city amenities in a state that will let tech bro capitalists exploit their workers even more, and tech bro hangers on have a bourgeois class consciousness so they're just along for the metaphorical ride.
