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formermav43
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It began approximately 5 years after you moved there.

Your Mom
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This is one correct answer.  The other is that your version of old Austin died when you turned 30.  My dad and his friends bitched all through the 80’s about old Austin dying.  I enjoyed my versi

Deej
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Wrong. It died when dumbasses in this town made that piece of shit a local celebrity. 

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On 8/31/2023 at 7:09 PM, Jiggy-Z said:

Austin resident since 1967 here.

Austin has always been about finding those hidden gems that are unique to this city., but the same could be said of any city.

In old Austin, they were not that hard to find and despite their popularity, we're not that well attended. In true Austin form, by the time something got popular, the trend setters had already moved on, leaving the rest of to enjoy there work before business failure or what we would have considered overpopulation and saturation.

These types of places and events began to drastically drop off 2 or three years before the pandemic, which is when I would consider the time old Austin died.

Not coincidentally, that is when Austin real estate started to become truly unaffordable.

All the signs were there even in the early 90's when I noticed that the core of the city no longer catered to the student and governmental emoyee populations from a leisure standpoint, as prices had become more in line with Houston or Dallas.

These days, if you want and old Austin feel, I would recommend San Antonio, but their time is limited as well.

Austin still has pockets and activities with that old Austin feel, but they are soon discovered and turned into phantasmagoric events soon ruined by lack of intimacy and bad parking options. It's almost not even worth looking anymore.

Haven't read this whole thread, but for me it's when real estate changed and also, as you said, the hidden gems went away.  I enjoyed it when food and alcohol were cheap, housing was super affordable, and tuition and really everything for the academic year could be paid just by working full-time all summer, and a part time job on campus during school.  Once MTV had Real World Austin, it was over.  Went back around 2012 and swore I'd never return.  Haven't missed it.  I don't want to contaminate my memories with what's there now. Kind of like remembering your old dog when you hung together, rather than right before he passed and he can barely move, is missing teeth, and blind.    

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On 8/30/2023 at 11:40 AM, Ollie Slatt said:

Actually, no.  The Domain is great because (1) I dont ever have to go there; and (2) it keeps all of the northern suburbanites from coming into Austin proper. 

If you want to talk dancing on Austin's grave . . . there is a Hermes boutique on South Congress.  


 

when the areas around the school went corporate 

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What year did South Park Meadows become an Academy?  What year did the Backyard become a Target?  What year did they tear down the TexMex restaurant at 2nd and Congress (I forgot the name but shrimp enchiladas slammed)?  

Average those and you'll be in the ballpark.

Also, going off memory but wasn't there a Texadelphia at 5th and Congress somewhere?  And wasn't there an old Schlotzsky's somewhere around 5th and 35?

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10 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

The meadows closed in 2000 and the backyard around 2008, although the strip center was already there by then. That’s later than most people on here would say. 

You left out the restaurant on Congress. It was not a luxury destination, but on Fridays they had shrimp enchiladas. I'm generally not a fan of the shrimp enchilada but I liked that place.  I think the back dining room may have been an alley.

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1 hour ago, CoTex said:

What year did they tear down the TexMex restaurant at 2nd and Congress (I forgot the name but shrimp enchiladas slammed)? 

Las Manitas? I don't remember when it closed but I liked that place.

 

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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 


Goddamn. I miss them both.

 

I remember going into Ted's one night and he had a grilled fish special.

"One or two fish?"

"One."

A bit later Ted brings our food to the table.

"You a big boy. I give you two fish."

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On 1/20/2024 at 11:24 AM, Neonmoon said:

Old Austin thrived in 60s/70s/80s. The last decade was in the 90s

Old Austin died in 2000s

2010-2020 was the birth of New Austin 

 

Lived in Austin from 1972-2021 and agree with your timeline.

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23 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

The meadows closed in 2000 and the backyard around 2008, although the strip center was already there by then. That’s later than most people on here would say. 

Backyard used to be The Branding Iron before the Backyard.  Although I did like the Backyard.  Saw the Neville Brothers and a few other great bands there...

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I think it's all perspective... If you ask my mom's cousin who was a student at the absolute zenith of old Austin he will tell you it was when Armadillo World Headquarters closed in 1980 and was replaced by a 13-story office building.

If you ask me I'd probably pin it to Stevie Ray Vaughan's death because that really represented the end of the era of big name stars playing intimate venues outside of non showcase SXSW shows.

Old Austin was nothing more than desiccated skeletal remains when Threadgill's World HQ closed to build more high rises

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8 hours ago, Pimphand said:

I think it's all perspective... If you ask my mom's cousin who was a student at the absolute zenith of old Austin he will tell you it was when Armadillo World Headquarters closed in 1980 and was replaced by a 13-story office building.

If you ask me I'd probably pin it to Stevie Ray Vaughan's death because that really represented the end of the era of big name stars playing intimate venues outside of non showcase SXSW shows.

Old Austin was nothing more than desiccated skeletal remains when Threadgill's World HQ closed to build more high rises

Armadillo closing was a big deal.  The morning that I learned SRV had died was a real gut punch.

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The US population gained roughly 100 million people from 1980 to 2010

Austin metro gained about roughly about a million more people in same time period. 

More people kills unique culture. Just becomes the same mass blob as every other place. It happened to a ton of places 

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On 5/11/2024 at 10:33 PM, Not a cat said:

Laugh, Austin boasts a pleasant climate averaging 68.1 degrees annually.  It's practically Santa Barbara.

 

 

Yeah, 5f to 115f…. Just like Santa Barbara! Lol

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On 5/11/2024 at 10:33 PM, Not a cat said:

Laugh, Austin boasts a pleasant climate averaging 68.1 degrees annually.  It's practically Santa Barbara.

 

 

No corporate income tax is also a lie. Just because it's called the franchise tax, doesn't mean it's not a corporate income tax.

1986 Austin sucked. The whole state really. That period, economically, was way worse than the 2008 period (for Texas).

Yeah, it was cheap, but nobody had any money and everything was just stagnant and old living off the glory of the 50s through 70s boom.

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On 5/11/2024 at 6:18 PM, Deej said:

When Nastys closed and Hip Hop Mondays died. 

Which regular were you? I bartended nastys from 96 to 99 while getting UT degreed. Blowpop & DJ Mel were the shit 

I absolutely poured you a pitcher of rita 

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On 5/24/2024 at 7:21 PM, Deej said:

Counterpoint...

My rent on a two bedroom house in Hyde Park was $300.

It wasn't hard to come up with 300 bucks then. 

Loved Hyde park college life. Lived at the Braeburn on speedway. Didn’t like the bums bathing in the pool and shitting in the washing machines though  

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Las Manitas? I don't remember when it closed but I liked that place.

 

Man, I had friends drag me to that place on Sunday morning after a football game and associated shenanigans Saturday night.

Hot, steamy, eggy food cooking.  Patrons straight out of Slacker. The other patrons were lucky they didn't get sprayed with puke.

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1 hour ago, NAVY said:

Loved Hyde park college life. Lived at the Braeburn on speedway. Didn’t like the bums bathing in the pool and shitting in the washing machines though  

I read this in Dean Wormer's voice. 

"Every Fall at Hyde Park College, the Deltas bathe nude in the swimming pool.  Every Spring, the laundry overflows with feces.  The time has come for someone to put their foot down, and that foot is me."  

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7 hours ago, NAVY said:

Which regular were you? I bartended nastys from 96 to 99 while getting UT degreed. Blowpop & DJ Mel were the shit 

I absolutely poured you a pitcher of rita 

You probably did. I used to come in on Mondays with ex-UT QB Donovan Forbes. 

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31 minutes ago, Deej said:

You probably did. I used to come in on Mondays with ex-UT QB Donovan Forbes. 

Glad I got a chance to pour you a few in the day. 
 

Hanging out with UT athletes was so fun. UT and WWE’s Mark Henry used to drop by on Mondays. The absolute largest, strongest human I’ve ever been around.  
 

I also bartended with Russ Gascamp at Posse East for a summer. Another huge human and super cool dude. 

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55 minutes ago, NAVY said:

Glad I got a chance to pour you a few in the day. 
 

Hanging out with UT athletes was so fun. UT and WWE’s Mark Henry used to drop by on Mondays. The absolute largest, strongest human I’ve ever been around.  
 

I also bartended with Russ Gascamp at Posse East for a summer. Another huge human and super cool dude. 

Shit, then we probably met.  I used to go in there with Fiebiger, Wood, Adams, and few other lineman and Punter Schultis to drink because Gaskamp would hook them up.  I of course, had to pay for my own drinks being a complete non-football player.  Russell used to really outkick his coverage on girlfriends as well

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Glad I got a chance to pour you a few in the day. 
 
Hanging out with UT athletes was so fun. UT and WWE’s Mark Henry used to drop by on Mondays. The absolute largest, strongest human I’ve ever been around.  
 
I also bartended with Russ Gascamp at Posse East for a summer. Another huge human and super cool dude. 

I remember when Hackemack used to come into Abel’s. Holy shit that guy was huge.
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