Everything is so fucked anyways. Theres no fix. I personally don't think its that bad after living in dallas and houston, but its only going to get much worse. Easy to see how it would be shocking to someone that grew up here without any of this kind of traffic.
Also Amazon has the warehouse down in San Marcos I suppose they could absorb that into the facility if they set up shop in Austin
it wouldnt surprise me if they didnt actually put this new HQ in like Buda or something that direction
i dunno, the fix seems to me to be that the growth of stuff like Amazon takes a shift to the east off 130 like Hutto or something, or south to Buda/130 hell, even where the Samsung campus is, is basically just off 130 and there is lots of farm land left out there to develop they are already announcing expansion on the tollway out there that will probably be done before the current Mopac project
Amazon is looking for an urban campus, they want to be connected to the downtown of their chosen spot. This would create extra cluster for sure.
COA won't play with subsidies like amazon wants but one of the suburbs will. the info I read said Amazon wants to be urban though.
I am sure, if they do pick Austin, that they will get one of the new buildings right on the river. Google is the top 10 floors of the building just north of Northshore, right across from Auditorium Shores. Oracle is just east of 35 on the south shore of the river.
There's the abandoned post office and the surface lot south of Republic Park that could serve as a start. Sky bridges, sky bridges everywhere.
It may be the death of old Austin, but I feel like we are there already anyway. Bring on Amazon and the opportunities that will come along with it. We are going to have to develop some better public transit though. I bet they re-up on trying to pass the light rail.
Man that would be like torture for the Oracle folks. When I was there, Safra Catz (the CEO) visited the office on Parmer and asked if the coffee in the breakroom was free. When she was told it was, she said "wow, we really take care of these people." lol. If amazon moves in next door with all the awesome shit their offices have, it will be like east germany having to look across the street at west germany
I read on orangebloods that there is a 100 acre site next to oracle for sale. But this is Amazon. I don't think they'll have a problem making a downtown campus work. They could just buy every building downtown.
Still holding out hope they build a SoLa, SoFi, and SoCo lift-gondola system that the statesman talked about ~2 years ago.
Gentrifying the south Lamar area seemed to signal the death of old Austin The downtown construction has been insane
weekend 1 master race Thursday night mohawk - Papadosio (highly recommend they're really fun live and have a surprisingly smoking hot hippie chick fanbase. and tickets are only like $15) Friday fest it up then Run the Jewels after show at Stubbs Saturday fest fest fest Sunday go see ~3 people and leave after Danny Brown to go to Fright Fest in Fiesta
might airbnb my place out for W1, go to USMNT vs Panama in Orlando Friday night, then return for home game vs KSU and stay at a friends place Sat night. Airbnb w1 for 2/3 nights would cover an entire vacation for me.
i haven't booked lodging for austin for the cats game yet, what part of town do you live? how much space? if location works, would you be interested in renting to me off the books?
close to 200 (near the triangle), my buddy with a studio on e6 set at roughly the same $$ and it was instabooked within 12 hours, I told him he needed to price it higher.
send me a pm if this is of interest. Its name is like 'tech equiped 1 br' on airbnb. Nothing that would impress your GF as far as charm, but gotten 5 star reviews from the groups of guys that have come for work, F1, etc. 800 sq ft loft 1x1 Central (live right next to McCallum HS, as in across the street from it). big tv/cable/fast internet/wifi/etc
I'm curious about this because I'm interested in doing it for weekend 2 and could easily get a month+ worth of rent for my location alone. It's 10/15 tax deadline that weekend so I'll probably be at work the whole time and could stay with this chick I'm seeing too What kind of prep do you do for guests arriving as far as your personal belongings?
My place does airbnb and the hardest part is having to essentially keep a hotel level clean bathroom the entire time. We once had a 17yo girl try to make a reservation.
I could take an adderall and clean the fuck outta my place. I guess maybe I just need to do some googling but wanted first-hand opinions on what you do with like... clothes, electronic devices (xb1 etc), etc etc while people are staying there? I've got a closet with a door I guess maybe just put anything I didn't want touched in the closet, shut the door and tell the guests don't open that goddamn door? Also what's the process for someone breaking something? If I came back and a TV/appliance was broken how long does it take to get the shit head to pay for it?
Just did a listing for mine. $350/night. Opened up thursday - monday hope I can get at least a 3-nighter in there for weekend 2. can sleep up to 3 people... more with an air mattress. Really the sell is being .75 miles from the festival, $5-7 uber ride anywhere downtown, and about 20 bars/restaurants in walking distance. Will definitely need professional cleaning beforehand after considering the dog hair factor.
Planning to peruse this thread as I'll be making my first trip back to Austin in a few years during the week in between ACL. Any suggestions for newer places / areas to check out? I'll be be flying in solo on a Sunday night. Meeting up with work folks for a conference during the days on Monday, Tuesday, and half of Wednesday. Evenings will likely be open for whatever.
Too much to even post I'm sure there's a few pages ITT that have a collection of recommendations lumped in close together the last few times a TMBer came through. Down to grab a brew for MNF or something though while you're here
For airbnb, Nothing really changes except let them have space in the bathroom and fridge if necessary. Make sure there's boundaries, like you can use the tv but not (Xbox, Apple TV, etc) but it's usually just contained to what's in their room, guest bathroom and maybe kitchen use