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Originally Posted by migol24
people don't really understand the way austin works. i feel like people just see it on the tv, or hear about it from a friend, or on a magazine... and yeah there are awesome events but, to me, at least, what was the coolest thing about austin was simply the community and the vibe. everybody's a friend of somebody. and if your friends with that guy, you're friends with the other guy who's also friends with that other guy who's also your friend.
i have two friends here in san francisco who lived there and i kid you not... we never met there in austin but we have mutual friends. we're like, "do you know this person?" "yeah i do! crazy!"
austin is probably one of the very very few cities in america that's like that. people just don't understand what is cool about it... and to me, that's what makes it cool right there. and these ads that are promoting austin will never do austin any justice until someone decides to move there for themselves and see what the fuss is about. it's true though... austin isn't for everybody and i can totally respect that. i understand what is so great about san francisco and why one would pick it over austin. the reason is probably more obvious than austin, because austin is one city still kinda "unknown" so to speak and its really hard to describe what's so cool about it.
and yeah elise quit like two or three months after i started working there. she really loved my hair! haha
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so true. It's like 1 degree of separation in Austin...Ads like that are flattering, but they objectify the very essence of what we're all so proud or obsessed with in this city.
The VERY WORST is the F1 Austin promo video. I suggest looking that up for a good laugh.