Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used 11th as that was the latest data I could find. I suspect we will be 9 or 8 very soon. Between the 10,000 direct jobs at the Tesla factory there will be probably a 7-10 additional job for each one of them(Tesla is recruiting support factories nearby; they learned from the Shanghai factory). Samsung is building a very large fab plant in the hood which will probably be 2000 or so direct jobs. Then there are the 20 floors Facebook is filling in a new high rise from mostly new positions. This is Texas so there are few barriers to growth to our west and south. North is blocked by two medium sized cities and east is mostly a dedicated aquifer recharge zone with very restrictive rules; our growth will be limited by water. On Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 12:28 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Nice set, although the fourth image is depressing. > > BTW; The Economist had an article about Austin in one of the January > issues. I think you may now be in the top 10 of US cities. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > On 7 Feb 2022, at 13:00, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > Greetings to all. I will begin with one of my minor hobbies. We > > frequently go to estate sales primarily to see the different > neighborhoods > > in greater Austin(11th largest city in the US). Sometimes we even find > > items that fit our needs like silk rugs out of the "Stans". First up, > > while we were waiting to get in this father was entertaining his son: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Father+and+son+fun.jpg.html > > > > Frequently there are high value items so entry is limited to maybe 10-15 > > people at a time. So, you wait: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/graceful+waithing.jpg.html > > > > Usually, the garages are full of detritus suitable to bargain hunters and > > interesting conversations: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/interaction+in+the+garage.jpg.html > > > > With the lowered birth rate I am continually amazed at people owning > large > > behemoths to tool around the city, here emphasised by this young lass: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/youth+in+the+midst+of+Texas+behemoths.jpg.html > > > > Changing locations again, central Texas is subject to violent rainstorms > > that deliver rain faster than it can be absorbed so it runs off. This > > young man took it upon himself to clean up the skate park: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/cleaning+up+after+the+rain.jpg.html > > > > I don't know what is going on with this woman but she was beat down: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/troubled+and+beat+down.jpg.html > > > > I will end this with a bit of environmental hope. This man is catching > > edible fish in a creek that runs through a large part of Austin. The > > residents are doing a good/great job of controlling runoff be it > chemicals > > or pet waste. > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/fishing+downtown+Austin.jpg.html > > > > All the best. > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >