I didn't mean to come off as a nimby and as I re-read my last post, its exactly how I sounded. Total fail, because I absolutely agree with drummer, I thought Austin was cool when I moved here, and even more now. I'm in a position where I meet a ton of people moving to Austin. Today, 2 from San Jose. I couldn't stop bragging about Austin and complimenting their decision to move here. Spending much of my time in NYC, mostly Brooklyn before moving here, I liked the grittiest parts of town, including East 11th. Got an out of town friend a date there once
. If I talk with fondness about Austin past, consider it a history lesson for those who didn't experience it back then. There was a strong foundation of cool in place for today's cool to build on. BUT, there HAS to be some residual vintage Austin throughout town and SOCO to keep it from becoming generic. I'm ok if people from Philadelphia would want to open an authentic cheese steak restaurant on SOCO instead of an Austin original, as long as it doesn't displace an Austin original. So what this all boils down to with all my rambling is....why don't we have an authentic Philly Cheesesteak restaurant in Austin?
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