Originally Posted By Dabob2 It's interesting to me that the most liberal corner of a conservative state is doing the best economically.
Originally Posted By Labuda Good point, Dabob. but, honestly, I think our liberalness is WHY we're booming. I mean, if you read the Forbes article, you'll see that Austin encourages small business growth. But, at the same time, this area has the Dell global HQ, and lots of other tech industry workers that have not been outsourced. Keepin' it Weird is a good plan of action, indeed! Oh, and right now one of our little local festivals has added thousands of 10-day residents to our city. Not nearly as many people here yet as there will be next week. www.sxsw.com Oh... we also are getting to wildflower time of year - that's when Texas REALLY shines. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybird_Johnson#Later_life" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...ter_life</a> The day I met Ladybird Johnson she was already in a wheelchair, but wow. What a lady! I'm pretty sure I teared up a bit when thanking her for her efforts with wildflowers. I mean, my God - look at this: <a href="http://www.nhnct.org/photo/images/bluebonnets01.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.nhnct.org/photo/ima...ts01.jpg</a> Have you EVER seen a more beautiful sight? Ok, wow... I guess I'm done ranting about how much I love my town now. Well, ok, one last time - AUSTIN IS GREAT!
Originally Posted By alexbook It occurs to me that they probably shouldn't have set the layoffs for April Fools Day. There's definite potential for hijinks there.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "Good point, Dabob. but, honestly, I think our liberalness is WHY we're booming" That's actually what I assumed. Liberal works.
