Regardless, the state government hates the city and works to actively sabotage it. When they tried to reform their police after they murdered several protestors, the state took over the department. Despite being a small city, it has terrible transportation because the state never allocates any funding for it.
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sukhmel@programming.dev 6 months agoWell, I heard that Austin is very good and progressive, especially compared to the rest of Texas, and feels free of weird shit. But that was quite some time ago, and now it seems not to outweigh being in Texas anymore
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kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Austin is progressive compared to the reat of Texas, but that’s faint praise.
sukhmel@programming.dev 6 months ago
A pretty low bar to set, I understand
jumjummy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Unfortunately, you would still be a blue dot in a sea of red backwater thinking, human rights limiting, crazy religious, and racist people that make up Texas as a whole.