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Originally Posted by StoOgE
"Old" South Congress is used car lots, drug dealers and prostitutes along with sex shops and a porn movie theater.
I'm guessing you want "old" South Congress that started popping up around 2001-2008 back when the first wave of gentrification hit before Perlas opened.
Austin was at it's best 5 years before whoever is speaking moved here.
Speaking of things coming from NYC we seem to have hit peak bitching about change and pining for crime ridden hell holes.
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I agree with that sentiment. I remember when an out of town State Rep got busted for soliciting a prostitute in SoCo (before it was SoCo) during a Legislature session. I also remember when East Austin was the place to avoid in Austin because of the violent crime. And that was when I was living in the Rundberg and N. Lamar area which was a decent area at the time. Times change. But Austin keeps getting better. Except for the traffic and home prices and rent...