Austin’s Revolt against a Homelessness Surge
National Review,
by
Matt Mackowiak
&
Cleo Petricek
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
5/23/2021 11:49:27 PM
Austin, Texas, enjoys a well-deserved image as a cool and rapidly growing city, with great food, nightlife, a booming tech industry, the University of Texas, and major events such as Austin City Limits music festival, South by Southwest, and Formula 1. But over the past two years it has gained a new reputation: a city with a homelessness crisis, fueled by a misbegotten “camping” policy.
On July 1, 2019, a public-camping ordinance took effect that made unregulated, open public camping lawful in nearly all public spaces in Austin. The consequences were profound immediately.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
JL80863 5/24/2021 12:48:50 AM (No. 794951)
Reap what ye sow.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SALady 5/24/2021 1:31:43 AM (No. 794959)
Austin is a cesspool of lie-beralism. It's pretty, but the politics are terrible.
A few years ago, the city changed from all at-large city council seats to districts. So, by some miracle, we actually got a conservative elected from our part of town. The hard-core lie-berals from the other districts basically shunned her and wouldn't work with her at all. She quit after one term. It was useless.
So when things got so bad that the very lie-beral voters of Austin actually voted to ban public camping, that was a major miracle. And, of course, our commie mayor and city council is so mad at the peasants for daring to rebuke them, that they are already looking for ways to get around our election victory.
One more year, and we are so gone from this lie-beral cesspool!!!!!
17 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Luandir 5/24/2021 1:48:15 AM (No. 794961)
Good intentions will just pave the way for those microhomes to be trashed within six months.
10 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/24/2021 1:51:48 AM (No. 794963)
Must be those homeless moved into the elitist section; otherwise Austin wouldn't have a problem. God forbid they would have to reap what they've sown.
10 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
planetgeo 5/24/2021 4:12:26 AM (No. 794987)
Liberals live in a world of magical thinking. They imagine themselves as elite, highly educated, and highly evolved when they are really pretty stupid without a lick of common sense or a basic understanding of human nature, the laws of physics, or simple Math. As a result, their magical thinking tries to reshape human nature, rewrite the laws of physics, and severely deal with any normals who disagree with them.
Hence the hellworlds of Austin, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, etc. It's living inside an insane asylum...but outdoors, everywhere, and you really can't escape.
16 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Howard Adams 5/24/2021 5:47:13 AM (No. 795004)
From the article... "...Homelessness is a vexing challenge. It involves thorny issues including mental health, drug and alcohol addiction, job training, and one other issue that is often ignored: noncompliance."
Did they say "non-compliance"?
We parents expect our 4-year-olds to mind.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
lftrn97 5/24/2021 7:07:51 AM (No. 795044)
Encouraging that the article and so many posters shun the word progressive and correctly call them liberals.
8 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Daisymay 5/24/2021 7:57:00 AM (No. 795078)
If the Residents of Austin really want a safe and wonderful city to live in, MAYBE they should kick out those 9 Council Members along with the Mayor and elect Republicans. THEN they would see change! As long as Liberals are running that city, Austin will continue to go down. Yes, they MIGHT get rid of their Homeless problem, but they will allow other equally bad policies to flourish and that is what will take them down!
7 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
JrSample 5/24/2021 8:16:11 AM (No. 795105)
Just look at the tax rolls for Travis County. Mayor Adler [wealthy trial attorney] owns some very valuable buildings in downtown Austin. If he really cares about homeless bums so much, maybe the locked doors to those buildings could be removed and this valuable resource could be better used for those in need. That way they wouldn't have to ''camp'' on public property outdoors. He has plenty of privilege and money, he should be glad to share his prosperity with those who are less fortunate.
8 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Califedup 5/24/2021 8:53:19 AM (No. 795139)
The author still doesn't get it. These non - profits are building free housing for drug addicts and mentally ill people and hardened criminals. Free stuff doesn't work. There should be mental institutions where the homeless mentally ill can be houses, fed, and get proper treatment, drug addicts must required to attend rehabilitation centers and if the refuse, jailed. The criminals need to be arrested, tried and if convicted sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
Giving people free stuff doesn't work.
7 people like this.
Like its state, Austin, indeed, has a legacy of beautiful surroundings. The difference is that Austin has been a magnet for Liberals who have been influenced by "Progressives". Their ill-conceived law for camping anywhere for any length of time will eliminate the beauty, safety, and healthful area that once was Austin. But, this idea must be good. After all, its working for L.A., San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Seattle.
2 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 5/24/2021 2:04:09 PM (No. 795440)
The COTA track is wonderful. I had a great time a few years back driving a Formula 1 car for a few laps. A very memorable experience. Our time in Austin was .....irritating. Their leftist enviro-whacko culture just makes it a place that I won't want to visit, other than perhaps to return to COTA for other races.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/24/2021 8:08:31 PM (No. 795767)
Try camping in the Austin Mayor or Council Persons yards...you'll get your arse dragged away!
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