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How about "Keep Austin Normal"?!?

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rob...@portraitart.net

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Sep 5, 2003, 11:25:11 AM9/5/03
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I remember this topic from a while back, but I had to pose the question again...

Am I the only one that is sick of this annoying "Keep Austin Weird" thing?
Why do we claim to be weird, anyway? And who decided this to begin with?

Can't we just be normal? Don't get me wrong, I'm not closed-minded, but is
"Weird" something we want to promote our city as being? This especially when
our city council basically disqualifies our claim as the "Live Music Capital",
and we have a quasi-celebrity vagrant hero in women's clothes living on our
streets... how's about "Let's Make Austin Normal First, Then Keep It That
Way"?

Anyway, them's my 2 cents...
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Sep 5, 2003, 1:15:07 PM9/5/03
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Robert, how long have you lived in Austin?

wws

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Sep 5, 2003, 1:31:03 PM9/5/03
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<rob...@portraitart.net> wrote in message
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Uh,Robert-
Weird is normal.
That's what it's about;NOT being like Dallas or Houston or Santone.
The tri cities are merging and will challange Dal-Ft. Worth in many
ways.
That merger/change is what people don't want.As if Austin could remain
an island in this sea of sameness. Not.

wws


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JETman

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Sep 5, 2003, 2:10:49 PM9/5/03
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You know, when I came to Austin in 1990, it was different but it was ok,
sort of.

Since then, anyone who doesn't recognize that this town has gone to shit
in a hand bucket should be... well, er.....

Robert evidently falls into this category which I kind of place in the
"impossible" pigeon hole...

JT

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rob...@portraitart.net

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Sep 5, 2003, 3:30:57 PM9/5/03
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You misunderstand... We don't have to be "weird" to not be like any other
place... I hate Houston and Dallas as much as the next guy - all I'm saying
is why do we need to be "weird"? Can't we be, say, "unique"? You know how
to make a city unique, dont you? You nique up on it...

HTH

A

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Sep 5, 2003, 10:05:31 PM9/5/03
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I liked it better when we were weird :)

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Sep 5, 2003, 11:49:49 PM9/5/03
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One quick read of this newsgroup would tell you Austin is anything but
normal.

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