7 other DIY signs Austinites should make for the Pennybacker Bridge
https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifesty...s-17300649.php
Last week, a group of Austinites made a DIY sign reading "AUSTIN," and placed it at the 360 Overlook near the Pennybacker Bridge. Each of the six letters, seven-feet tall and three-feet wide apiece, were fashioned out of wood and placed on a rocky crag by a team led by a local man named Blake Messick. The enthusiasm for Austin and the ingenuity is unmistakable, and almost make up for the quote that comes next.
"My friend had the idea of kind of like, ‘Oh, Austin is a new L.A.,’" Messick told FOX7. "He had the idea of what if we took something from L.A., one of the most iconic pieces, and applied it [in Austin]."
Well, well, well. As if Austin hadn't been California'd enough, we needed a sign that's a straight-up copy of the iconic Hollywood Sign? What have we done as a city— don't answer that — to deserve this?
So, instead of just spelling out the name of the city next time, we have some suggestions on how these crafty "content creators," as the article calls them, can zhuzh up some prime real estate before the crypto billboards inevitably come back.
FRISCO
Despite the sign resembling Los Angeles' Hollywood Sign, people from Northern California love moving to Austin. It's an anecdotal fact backed up by zero data, but I'm right. People from the Bay Area also hate it when interlopers call San Francisco "Frisco." Would the fire hose of the tech bros moving to Austin slow to a trickle if they were forced to live in a city with a giant FRISCO sign? Can't hurt to try.
MOODY
Everything else in the city is called The Moody Something, so why not christen a big rock with the Moody name and get it over with?
BEERLAND
I just miss Beerland. It's also what Austin was to me in my 20s, a land of beers.
RAIN PLZ
Are you there God? We'd like one crumb of rain please. This plea to the almighty is necessary amid another drought and the hottest summer in Central Texas since, I dunno, the sun was formed?
IN-N-OUT FRIES BAD
Everyone knows this is true — even Californians in denial — but it must be written in the skies, in the wind, on the sides of mountains. And yes, everyone has tried getting them well done. Overcooked trash is still trash.
COOL, CHEF-DRIVEN RESTAURANT
This one requires some real dedication. A comma, a hyphen, and a million letters? In this economy? But this quote, from the developers who want to "transform" Fourth Street (destroy the beloved Coconut Club and Neon Grotto) is symbolic of how eye-rolling Austin is in 2022. Anything can be a cool, chef-driven restaurant here. Even the side of a mountain. Actually, one more idea...
TEXAS-TOUGH, TECH-SAVVY
This is how outsiders market Austin to the world. Does this hypothetical person exist? Does the phrase mean anything, and if so, what? Nobody knows what it means, but it's provocative.
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