James Rambin @jamesrambin
big man in a great big town / editor @austintowers austin.towers.net/newsletter 78701 Joined January 2014-
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saw some people complaining that my last example wasn’t accurate because there were bad reviews about rats. okay man. here’s a crappy apartment renting for $1,199, or a full 30% drop from its 2023 listing price of $1,700. same pattern happening in old buildings all over town
saw some people complaining that my last example wasn’t accurate because there were bad reviews about rats. okay man. here’s a crappy apartment renting for $1,199, or a full 30% drop from its 2023 listing price of $1,700. same pattern happening in old buildings all over town https://t.co/1PQALxWeVQ
unfortunately not spending my weekend driving a 14 hour round trip to tulsa to buy this insane couch but i’m also not gonna pretend like i didn’t at least consider it
the most important detail to know here is that the current median sales price of a home in santa clara county is $1.6 million austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/0…
Hey Austin, Single Stair Reform alert! The comment period for the IBC amendments closes tomorrow and we’ve got a pretty good shot at getting Single Stair reform. publicinput.com/w1676?lang=en Please voice your support here!
I can’t remember a journalist ever being arrested for doing his job in my 24 years of reporting in Austin.
I can’t remember a journalist ever being arrested for doing his job in my 24 years of reporting in Austin.
the Austin Planning Commission just voted to decrease minimum lot sizes to 1,500 sqft!
Guy with camera gets rko’d by police at Palestine protest. #ut #palestine #protest
in matt's defense, "the jewish race" is one of those phrases that sounds much less awkward in the original german
in matt's defense, "the jewish race" is one of those phrases that sounds much less awkward in the original german
personally think it's very cool that the new waterloo park can host this sort of event tribeza.com/arts/music/aus…
community engagement is the biggest sham in any development process. ive had Neighbors complain about an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL putting PLANTERS on the SIDEWALK because they were afraid someone was going to bury DEAD DOGS in it. and im forced to nod and listen to them!
DPS appears to be prepping to disperse with a heavy, heavy showing of DPS troopers prepped in riot gear.
(trying to throw my voice so it sounds like it's coming from a potted plant) golly, it sure would be nice if pearlstone finished the parkside condos soon! austin.towers.net/the-vesper-con…
we should show this video in schools, not only for its historical background but also so the kids realize “stop moving to austin” is a cringe gen x affectation
we should show this video in schools, not only for its historical background but also so the kids realize “stop moving to austin” is a cringe gen x affectation
all the multifamily stuff at mueller should be at this scale. we fumbled it
all the multifamily stuff at mueller should be at this scale. we fumbled it
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Build more homes @john102414
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Matt Largey (real) @mattlargey
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Caleb Pritchardo @cubbie9000
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Chito Vela III @chitovela3
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Christopher Hooks @cd_hooks
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Dan Keshet @DanKeshet
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Rethink35 - Stop I-35.. @rethink35
4K Followers 1K Following A movement to Stop the proposed I-35 expansion thru Austin and push for a transformational, community-based alternative. Sign our petition below!
David Whitworth @dcwatx
2K Followers 710 Following Austin Texas Builder sometimes guerilla infill and land use advocate.
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Conor Kenny 🏘 @ConorKenny
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5K Followers 214 Following ニューヨーク 在住, ビールノムリエ のYoshiです。 ビール 紹介動画を発信しています。よろしくお願いします。 I'm Yoshi, a beer nommelier in NewYork. https://t.co/BbLHXIA6VZ
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Conor Dougherty @ConorDougherty
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Natalie Deller @_NDeller
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Do we not like get to vote on this or anything
Self-Driving Trucks Will Hit America's Highways This Year jalopnik.com/self-driving-t…
Look at this crowd. A perfect example of how subjecting the planning anything—transportation, housing, amenities, policing strategy—via “community meetings” just means giving veto power to a narrow, unrepresentative demographic of retirees with time for these meetings.
Pretty big turnout for discussion of the future for Chinatown & Gallery Place. @wusa9 here to hear resident feedback for the Mayor’s Task Force. News at 11!
White house staffer opening an incognito window and googling "can you cancel a national convention"
We all famously remember when thousands of cops decked out in riot gear beat the January 6ers senseless and arrested them all on the spot
You can’t denounce the J6 rioters and then say the Columbia students who occupied a building by force and destroyed property should be immune from consequences. This is the real world.
Universities are asset-holding/management firms first, businesses serving educational consumers second, and knowledge institutions a distant third. Whether that’s how it should be is an open question, but that’s how it is
Biden 2024: the police crackdowns will be calmer
"First Amendment activist"
Hey Columbia protesters! If you’re so proud of what you’re doing, why are you covering your faces?
WKCR just stated that NYPD threatened the Columbia journalism school dean with arrest
One of the best buildings in North America
The "School of Architecture" is ALWAYS the ugliest building on campus.
yes, every previous escalation has backfired. But maybe… maybe this one will be different…
Joe’s Gizzard City Potterville, MI
New incredible John Carpenter quote just dropped
Latest newsletter is an interview with the legend John Carpenter on his new album, buying gifts for people, therapy, basketball, Diablo IV, Maestro, directing an episode of TV from his living room, whether he’s a “Nintendo guy,” and more last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/john-carpenter…
@jamesrambin gotta move on from the 5/1s, it’s all about single stair multifamily units these days
The police in this video are not in control of their own bodies. If they can't be trained to execute basic takedowns and submissions safely — something every white belt learns in eight weeks — they aren't qualified to do this job.
Shocking footage shows several officers at Washington University St. Louis beating a professor, slamming him, and dragging his limp body. SIUE history professor Steve Tamari is reportedly hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken hand. One doctor told him he's lucky to be alive.
lol yeah man
speedy proliferation of gambling is a concrete case of American life getting worse and I feel like there should be wide cross-ideological agreement about this
Dave & Buster's will begin allowing customers to bet on arcade games “Customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager on a Hot Shots basketball game, a bet on a Skee-Ball competition or on another arcade game.” on.nbc10.com/n1G4KHf
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Everyone says they want Vienna’s housing outcomes. Nobody wants to allow a half mile long chain of courtyard point access block apartment buildings that extend over the streets or massive high rise developments at metro stations.
A new @TexasMonthly piece from me, Evan: Cut the Crape Myrtle! Texas Deserves a Better State Shrub texasmonthly.com/travel/cut-the…
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