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[Javaman]

9. Once upon a time...

when I moved to Austin 18 years ago, I came here because it was a sleepy big "small town".

I remember seeing stray dogs wandering on Lavaca while I sipped my coffee at the Ruta Maya on a Sunday mornings.

That above image is so completely alien now it breaks my heart.

My GF and I are now looking to move and find that big "small town" of a liberal variety again.

My predition is this: Austin will put in a bid within 5 years to have a profession sports team located here. It won't be baseball or football, but something else. That will be the last nail in the coffin for me.