[Leica] Friday Follies

[Don Dory]

Resisting is very hard in Austin.  Several years ago my immediate
neighbor(an older but not elderly) sold the house to a youngish couple for
roughly 500K.  Bought a new more efficient home 32KM south of Austin for
265K and pocketed the difference with 1/3 the taxes.

If you don't especially desire the music scene, numerous greenbelts, or the
close proximity to UT then selling out makes sense.

Your son enjoys proximity to Manhatten but doesn't quite pay NYC
rents/taxes.

Austin spends tremendous amounts on cultural everything that shows up in
taxes.  As well, much like the EU, Texas moves school taxes from affluent
cities to less affluent cities.  I think this is an excellent proposition
as education is vital and some parts of Texas are very poor if you aren't
the land holder of 100K acres.(toward the west you quickly find 10 hectare
grasslands; takes 10 hectares to support a ruminant).

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022, 3:09 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Of the murals, I like the last one best. But my overall favourite is the
> mailbox. I hope those “weird” people will be able to resist the
> gentrification.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
>
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
> > On 30 Jul 2022, at 11:46, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings to all.  This week is all about walking about Austin.  The
> first
> > image is from a retaining wall across from St. Edwards College:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/stay+fierce_001.jpg.html
> >
> > Normally this mural is covered by plants but the garden center cleaned up
> > the growth one day:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Garden+center+office+mural+facing+Congress.jpg.html
> >
> > You saw this image before when it was on a fence blocking sight lines to
> a
> > downtown hotel.  The hotel commissioned another mural and painted over
> the
> > original copy.  Some artist moved it to a fence blocking a residential
> > construction sight:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/copy+image+moved+from+Congress+to+1st.jpg.html
> >
> > South Austin is a weird place.  South Austin refers to land bordered by
> the
> > lake to the north, Ben White Blvd to the south, I-35 to the east and
> maybe
> > the main line railroad that bisects Austin.  We are in the midst of
> > building mid 7 figure houses and significant commercial building and yet
> we
> > have long time residents being weird:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/cat+on+mailbox+stage.jpg.html
> >
> > Bouldin Creek cafe continues to provide visually interesting graphic
> images:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Bouldin+Creek+door.jpg.html
> >
> > Just a nice graphic on a possibly vacant building:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/2424+1st.jpg.html
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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