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Originally Posted by DanielG425
Not at all. Theres a big push to preserve Rainey St., but in all honesty it's already too late. Austin, for better or for worse, is at the beginning of a massive city-wide explosion in growth and development. The "weird" is going to have to set up show in another Texas city. Hopefully a smaller town with a main-street so as to create little day trip destinations.
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MARFA!
Or maybe Fredericksburg?
Honestly, the fortunate thing about Austin is that there are many districts and areas with these sorts of bungalows and often also already some of those that have been converted to businesses, now that the model is proven. Although I agree that the city-wide explosion of growth is about to go from a steam to a boil, I'd wager these charming sort of bars and restaurants are set to pop on main drags all over the city, until maybe eventually they are all redeveloped. Fortunately there are certainly already protected historical neighborhoods that will be able to play host to these in the long term.
To me, Rainey was the test strip that proved these conversions have appeal. I expect them to pop up all over the place before they disappear for good.