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Old Posted Feb 14, 2018, 6:46 PM
Sigaven Sigaven is offline
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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown View Post
In the 1970s, and even into the 80s, Austin had a bit of an anti-growth mentality. The point was to keep Austin from growing so fast that it would lose the special qualities that made Austin special. As a result, people fell in love with Austin and then it started growing like wildfire (with other factors too, of course). I think San Antonio is smart to do its best to retain the qualities that make it unique in its own way. That includes not making "flashy" civic projects. In the long run that may also result in faster and bigger growth from private developments than would happen by attempting to trigger growth in its own right.
When I think of SA, I think "calm, restrained, elegant."

"Flashy" is more for Dallas.
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