Austin is a City, which has died by one thousand paper cuts.
One nostalgic one was the closing of the Villa Capri. It was long past its late 60s prime when I stayed there for a week as a 10-year old kid because it was across from the Disch, and I was going to baseball camp there in the early 80s. But it had a pool, and, even 40 years later, I still remember staying there. But that place was a top place back in the day.
When Mad Dog & Beans closed: My sister is eleven years older than I am, but when we would visit her at UT, we'd hit up MD&B for burgers, but mostly for the Cookies 'n' Cream milkshake (no drugs were exchanged as far as I know). That place was craft burger long before such a dumb phrase existed. Probably my #1a burger (Hamburgers by Gourmet in Houston was the top-spot contender). Anyway, it closed two weeks after I got to Austin as a freshman in 92. I ate there twice during that short period of time. Porky's Demise, Fries, Cookies 'n' Cream (or mint chocolate chip) milkshake. Perfect. So that 5 years after you got there thing is an average. I'm apparently to one extreme of the curve in some respects. 1,000 paper cuts.