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Originally Posted by StoOgE
I think our complete failure as a city is in family activities. This means museums, zoos, aquariums, planetariums, etc.
The state and UT have some of this (and the Blanton and Ransom are world class) but we definitely have the issue lots of newer explosive cities have. Kind of a lack of "old money" public projects.
I wouldn't even mind a small centrally located amusement park. More Tivoli or Kennywood and less six flags.
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100% agreed on all of this. As someone who is just starting a family, the lack of these amenities really bugs me. We're way behind quite a few cities of the same size or smaller.
I don't think all of these necessarily need old money to subsidize the project either (although it would be hugely helpful). There are certainly profitable, family focused activities that we don't have, and Austin has a ton of new families with expendable income.