Comments on: Awesome Austin: The Most Progressive Libertarian City in America

By: Steve Maring

Steve Maring — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:55:19 +0000

“progressive libertarian” is like saying “statists for individual rights”. It makes no sense whatsoever. I have family in Austin. There are certainly many left leaning liberal Progressives there, and there are certainly quite a few Libertarian minded folks as well. However, they are COMPLETELY at odds with each other.

I won’t move there because there are too many Californian type Progressives there bent and turning Austin into another Nanny State (and seem to be succeeding). I’d much rather go to a place where a larger majority of people savor their individual rights, like Key West, FL.

By: Martin Elsass

Martin Elsass — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:02:12 +0000

I lived in Austin for the longest month of my life back in ’01. It took six weeks for the turn around, but as they say “everything’s bigger in Tejas”.. You failed to mention the near impossiblity of gaining employment anywhere Near Austin if you aren’t bi-lingual… I’d worked at an Autozone in Youngstown, OH for over a year, prior to being in Austin.. I walked into a store there and the one guy behind the counter was absolutely swamped with customers he couldn’t get to with a phone to each ear and tapping on a keyboard looking up parts.. Naturally, I jumped behind the counter and began serving the customers in front of it, our impromptu tag-team cleared the store when he said, “please tell me you can speak spanish”.. I couldn’t and because of it, he couldn’t hire me…. I found that to be the only “common theme” regardless of the business type, if you can’t speak the native language of at least one other specific freign country, you couldn’t get hired anywhere south of Waco….. At that same time – and this may have since changed – Austin touted a 3% unemployment rate.. but there was also a law which said if a cop pulled you over and you couldn’t prove you wwere either gainfully employed or had a stack of resumes with you, attempting to find gainful employment; You would be considered a vagrant, and immediately arrested for same… Some might call that fascist… and though we’re not our father’s Libertarian Party.. I’ve never heard of a Fascist Libertarian

By: politicaljules

politicaljules — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:49:40 +0000

Im sorry but you are full of cr@p. I live in Austin and people do not run businesses out of their homes. Austin has some of the strangest zoning laws I have ever seen. There are neighborhoods were you cannot find ANY KIND of business for miles and miles. There are businesses that buy old homes and run out of those in a business district ZONED for business but they are not individual homes!

Additionally, letting someone wear long hair earrings and be themselves is NOT exclusively a progressive libertarian only way of life. Do you think only the patrons that enjoyed eating there were somehow all progressive libertarians? You think that all of Austin is THAT segregated?

Your promotion of a set of condos failing is so far off the mark it is not even funny. There is no skyline in Austin to be blocked. You are misleading people. The fact that the condo failed HURT the city and the people that lived in the city more than you are willing to admit. If it were up to you though that long haired earring wearing free individual would be out of a job if all the big evil corporations in the city went out of business because no one would be in town to eat at that funky little restaurant.

Austin has a history of making horrible decisions though. Being a sanctuary city is one that is decimating the education economy and the health care here. So many budget deficits in those areas that will never recover.

Austin also lost when they did not allow Dell to bring his his company there. So, Dell went right outside the city limits to round rock and that little city THRIVED from the revenue, jobs, and home building. And Round Rock is still thriving!!!

Fortunately, Texas continues to thrive despite Austin.

By: TX Libertarian

TX Libertarian — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:51:12 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it here – come back anytime. Good luck in your Ohio run!