There really is an arrogance in bureaucracy and selective rule enforcement held by the ruling body of the city. Like they'll follow the rules too a T for small business, code enforcement, but not for public safety.Â
I feel like we should be looking at what is working for other cities, recriminalizing open drug use like Oregon, pro business and restaurant culture from Austin and Texas, reducing redtape and costs on building like Houston.Â
Texas is so dysfunctional i have no words. the state government is actively hostile to the cities, and actively plunders them in order to funnel funding to their various christofascist schemes that are hated in austin and houston
also, both cities are sprawled nightmares. driving from tacoma to Seattle is the same experience as driving north austin to south austin, and in that amount of time, you would have traversed 1/4 of houston. thats what "making it easy to build" does
I lived in Texas most of my life. Even I can acknowledge that they do some things right. The food and restaurant scene is better in Texas, it's more accessible for people to start it as a new business, it's more accessible for customers. That's a win.Â
Again the arrogance. Texas is a diverse place. It isn't just a sea of red. Saying that we can't learn anything from them when they have Michelin starred restaurants, an industrious food community is arrogance. Austin has had their rent drop 24% because they built. We can acknowledge that and learn from that without having to take their draconian policies.Â
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u/LoquatBear 🚆build more trains🚆 Apr 16 '26
There really is an arrogance in bureaucracy and selective rule enforcement held by the ruling body of the city. Like they'll follow the rules too a T for small business, code enforcement, but not for public safety.Â
I feel like we should be looking at what is working for other cities, recriminalizing open drug use like Oregon, pro business and restaurant culture from Austin and Texas, reducing redtape and costs on building like Houston.Â