Austin's Domain North not a fan of darker tones

[RDCanecutter 26413]

16 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

The domain reminds me of the fake, back lot cities they have at Universal Studios or Disney's Hollywood studios.  It's just a terrible place all around.  I do like North though.  

You just described a whooooole lot of places, brah.

[gyroprotagonist 2592]

3 hours ago, Eastwood said:

To your first point, business models should never be confused for values. I bet there are more than a handful of halal or kosher businesses out there that aren't run by strictly Muslim or Jewish entities. Money knows no race or religion. If it sells, someone will be selling it.

To your question, because it was probably a marketing firm that was hired by The Domain to do the research. They were selling themselves just as much as they were selling their research. But someone is losing their job over this getting out.

[VolenteHawk 495]

2 hours ago, The Golden Hat said:

I've lived in Austin for 25 years.

What the fuck is Domain Northside?

I think it's the original Domain, rebranded...so like California Pizza Kitchen to Nieman Marcus.

 

[jimmyjazz 45903]

6 minutes ago, VolenteHawk said:

I think it's the original Domain, rebranded...so like California Pizza Kitchen to Nieman Marcus.

 

So, NoDo?

[demos 3003]

They could have been more subtle...
"Our shopper is more likely to eat quiche, lox, or eggrolls than tacos or fried chicken"

I like all those things. So, Barton Creek mall shopper?

[wild_turkey 3159]

If there does exist a woman who meets that profile, I advise any man who meets her: RUN.

I dunno, she sounds kinda hot. You don’t see many ugly girls driving Range Rovers.

[Brisketexan 105098]

34 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

 

I dunno, she sounds kinda hot. You don’t see many ugly girls driving Range Rovers.

 

A million years ago, the very first person to almost run me off the road because she was busy yapping on this newfangled contraption called a "cell phone" was a good looking gal in Houston....behind the wheel of her Range Rover.  The nature and character of Range Rover drivers has not improved.

[llanoflash 151]

All I know is that the parking lots there suck worse than 35 at 5pm

[gsoda3 3254]

I think it's the original Domain, rebranded...so like California Pizza Kitchen to Nieman Marcus.
 

No. It's the newer phase of the domain they've built out over the past few years. Rock Rose Dr is the main entertainment artery there but there are a few corporate anchors as well.

[wild_turkey 3159]

A million years ago, the very first person to almost run me off the road because she was busy yapping on this newfangled contraption called a "cell phone" was a good looking gal in Houston....behind the wheel of her Range Rover.  The nature and character of Range Rover drivers has not improved.

What is the nature and character of Range Rover drivers?

[Brisketexan 105098]

4 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

 

What is the nature and character of Range Rover drivers?

 

White chick too busy yapping on her phone to drive worth a shit?

[wild_turkey 3159]

White chick too busy yapping on her phone to drive worth a shit?

I’m pretty sure the “too busy yapping on the phone to drive worth a shit” spreads equally across all genders, races, and vehicle types.

[Brisketexan 105098]

39 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

 

I’m pretty sure the “too busy yapping on the phone to drive worth a shit” spreads equally across all genders, races, and vehicle types.

 

Well, it does NOW.

But it all started with that one gal in a Range Rover, Houston, on Shepherd, summer of 1989.  I'm sure of it.

[Whitman 694]

FUBU is not working hard enough to make me feel like they want my business.  In fact, I feel excluded.

[El Diablo 4232]

9 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

I don't intend to discourage you from being your true self. However, I feel obligated to tell you, you're going to make an extremely repulsive female. But good luck with your transition. 

Hey now, let's see the tits before we go making judgment calls, mmkay?

Uh, wut?

[Brisketexan 105098]

16 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

No women were driving range rovers in Houston in 1989. It was way too "butch" for women, particularly Texas women, in 1989.

Counterpoint: Shepherd drive, right next to River Oaks.  First generation of Range Rover bitches.

[JimmyGlass 21]

9 hours ago, Armybrat said:

^^^ That guy is correct. Unfortunately our Happy Hour group likes to meet at the "hipster" venues in the Domain for drinks & appetizers. And they like the Northside in particular.

 

There are no hipster locations in the Domain.

Hutto is more hipster than the Domain. 

Working as an accountant is more hipster than the Domain. 

 

[wild_turkey 3159]

A buddy of mine lives in the Domain. He is not female, nor Anglo, nor Jewish.

I visited him a while back and we ate and drank at a few places along Rock Rose. It was fun, but it also felt like we were in Plano and not Austin.

[Guest Lobo]

On his staff, does the Chairman have any Asians or Native Americans? 

(pause)

No Asians...no Natives, hmmmm...

[CooterBrown 18006]

The half dozen times I was dragged to the domain it seemed like it was mostly Hispanics, Middle Easterners and Indians.

[chainsaw 9866]

Haha, the herds of guys in their National Instruments badges who want Chipotle or some shit like that.

[mchookem 16328]

I'm torn on the domain... on one hand, despite being both a white trophy wife AND a professional DINK, i rarely shop or socialize there.

OTOH, they have some good restaurants. and it's pretty, especially during the holidays. 

[Nivek 16923]

Couldn't they have saved all the bullet point shit and just wrote Dallas?

[workswithseed 2103]

23 minutes ago, mchookem said:

I'm torn on the domain... on one hand, despite being both a white trophy wife AND a professional DINK, i rarely shop or socialize there.

OTOH, they have some good restaurants. and it's pretty, especially during the holidays. 

Can you confirm trophy status?

[RPM 26318]

19 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

This describes me pretty accurately, except #2.

Rocko?

[TwiceHorn 31452]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, it does NOW.

But it all started with that one gal in a Range Rover, Houston, on Shepherd, summer of 1989.  I'm sure of it.

What if they were driving a Defender 90 with no top?

[Brisketexan 105098]

What if they were driving a Defender 90 with no top?

I’ll always cut slack for a gal driving with no top.

[utee94 15815]

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I’ll always cut slack for a gal driving with no top.

That sounds more like Austin 70s than Houston late 80s, but I'l allow pics to decide.

[Bevo 13576]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

A million years ago, the very first person to almost run me off the road because she was busy yapping on this newfangled contraption called a "cell phone" was a good looking gal in Houston....behind the wheel of her Range Rover.  The nature and character of Range Rover drivers has not improved.

I think I know her. Did you happen to have a personalized license plate "Law Dawg" or "Nu JD"?

[Catdaddyhorn 3444]

5 hours ago, Whitman said:

FUBU is not working hard enough to make me feel like they want my business.  In fact, I feel excluded.

So by my calculations West Virginia is 25 years behind.

[po elvis 2070]

7 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

The half dozen times I was dragged to the domain it seemed like it was mostly Hispanics, Middle Easterners and Indians.

Never been to the dominion but this sounds exactly like la cantera in SA.

[Whitman 694]

8 hours ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

So by my calculations West Virginia is 25 years behind.

Actually 125.  As a proud Appalachian-American, I will soon be asking for reparations to make up for it.  Forty acres and a TCU Showgirl are my demands. 

[Brew 3049]

15 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

A million years ago, the very first person to almost run me off the road because she was busy yapping on this newfangled contraption called a "cell phone" was a good looking gal in Houston....behind the wheel of her Range Rover.  The nature and character of Range Rover drivers has not improved.

Based on the wheels on my wife’s RR, I can vouch for the fact they can’t drive. However, that is nothing new with her and lines up with most other “hers” I come across.

She has a black friend though, so her character is fine.

[South Austin 52476]

40 minutes ago, Brew said:

She has a black friend though, so her character is fine.

Liking Beyoncé's Facebook page doesn't count.

[Brew 3049]

Damnit.

[Superhero 8829]

14 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

It is basically Plano with hotter, younger, even more vapid women. Also know as Orange County or OC for short. 

Ha.  My BIL who lives in OC* bought a place in Plano because he said it reminded him of Irvine.

But back to the OP. Hot Anglos, Asians, and Jews driving expensive cars, shopping at stores that charge outrageous prices, working out with personal trainers while wearing expertly torn skinny jeans?

Hello Beverly Hills.

 

* Full disclosure, I also live in OC, next to Irvine. 

[Deej 76760]

Give it thirty more years, like Highland Mall. 

[MAROON 445]

14 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

Hmmm I'm skeptical and don't know enough about either reference to confirm or deny your counter. However, I did um.. Have um... Some um engagements of various sorts with the rich girls of Highland Park, University Park and SMU in the late 80s and not infrequently their mothers. Never did I know one to drive a Range Rover. Admittedly, it not a representative sample, but it was first hand. 

Show me a late 80s pic of a Texas woman in a Range Rover.. Her hair better touch the roof or I'm going to question the authenticity of the pic. 

Here's the bitch who cut Brisket off.

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

20 minutes ago, MAROON said:

Here's the bitch who cut Brisket off.

Pretty sure she’s British. Or delivering mail.

[Dbeasy 15047]

The post was probably one of a few customer personas used for developing marketing programs that target that particular persona, ie what tv programs to advertise with, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have other personas for a black demographic. It’s a standard marketing tool used by every company in the world. It helps them visualize the best way to market to that segment. Sometimes personas themselves are used in the marketing, but certainly not as blatantly as the Domain used it.

[Armybrat 40833]

Mrs Brat has never driven a Range Rover in Houston.

[jimmyjazz 45903]

1 hour ago, MAROON said:

Here's the bitch who cut Brisket off.

Apparently, The Bitch Is Back.

[RDCanecutter 26413]

I am puzzled why families settled for Range Rovers instead of the much roomier and better armored M113.

[Celery Man 20935]

Source -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z7EyUpBwgG_EAs4tmSHmEhZXkteI0_81/view

[RDCanecutter 26413]

18 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Source -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z7EyUpBwgG_EAs4tmSHmEhZXkteI0_81/view

"Amplifying Austin's Creative Culture"

There are rocks circling dead stars in distant galleries that have more to do with Austin's Creative Culture than anything at the Domain does.

[ChickenSandwich 9834]

Idelman used to frequent Rock Rose for HH, so I'm a fan....still on the look out

[RDCanecutter 26413]

5 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Why the heck would you buy that crappy handling vehicle when you can get this sweet ride in burnt orange:

 

Ah, the real one, good, not the Tahoe dressed up like a frat boy at a Nam party.

[RDCanecutter 26413]

6 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Absolutely, but the H2s have made a HUGE come back. No idea how that came to pass. 

I used to have my own green "H1" for free because I knew how to do Motor Pool Clerk Trickery.

Can't imagine paying money for any of them.

[52-80 19150]

if youre going to scoot around in a big boxy miliristic-inspired vehicle...

 

[TwiceHorn 31452]

Land Rovers are kind of bad ass.  Sad that the Range Rover has become so twatified.  Apparently, even the twatified ones are very competent offroad.

 

I have to confess that I did not realize that the RR Sport was actually cheaper than a Range Rover.  I also did not realize that RR had not kept up with the pricing of Suburbans and Tahoes.  I had just assumed they were pushing/over 90-100K.

Edited June 29, 2018 by TwiceHorn