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re: Downtown Austin, 1963
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:33 am to Roberteaux
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:33 am to Roberteaux
No better way to experience a new city than Google Street View
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Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:35 am to Buckeye Backer
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Same thing could be said for a number of US cities.
Columbus, OH - 1960
That’s certainly true to some extent, but I think your picture of Columbus then sort of proves my point. That was not really a major city of the North at that time, yet its downtown was still more impressive than any center of commerce in the South.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:36 am to Buckeye Backer
Good catch
Midwest cities are as a whole declining, but not Columbus.
Midwest cities are as a whole declining, but not Columbus.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:37 am to TH03
Nah. There’s entirely too many people now in a city that wasn’t built for it. The entire feeling of the place has changed. It still kind of felt like a “town” 20-25 years ago, albeit on the verge of changing, now it’s just like any other city.
This post was edited on 4/27/20 at 9:55 am
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:37 am to Y.A. Tittle
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That’s certainly true to some extent, but I think your picture of Columbus then sort of proves my point. That was not really a major city of the North at that time, yet its downtown was still more impressive than any center of commerce in the South.
Columbus literally had 1 highrise in 1960. The Leveque Tower was the only building in the skyline at that time. Not sure what you're getting at?
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:39 am to Buckeye Backer
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Columbus literally had 1 highrise in 1960. The Leveque Tower was the only building in the skyline at that time. Not sure what you're getting at?
That it was one more than basically any city in the South had.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:41 am to Y.A. Tittle
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That it was one more than basically any city in the South had.
If you say so...
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:43 am to Buckeye Backer
You seem oddly triggered. I’m not putting your city down here. If anything I’m shitting on the South. 
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:45 am to Baws
2020 already looks very different from that 2019 pic
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:46 am to Y.A. Tittle
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You seem oddly triggered. I’m not putting your city down here. If anything I’m shitting on the South
I'm just saying, there isn't any real difference in any of the 3 skylines pictured. All of them were quite pathetic at the time. Not triggered at all...just disagree that Columbus's skyline was somehow better?
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:48 am to Y.A. Tittle
New Orleans 1960 was the outlier. It had a large downtown and a large population
1940 494,537
1950 570,445
1960 627,525 it’s high point
1970 593,471
1990 496,938
2018 391,829 estimated
1940 494,537
1950 570,445
1960 627,525 it’s high point
1970 593,471
1990 496,938
2018 391,829 estimated
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:51 am to doubleb
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New Orleans 1960 was the outlier. It had a large downtown and a large population
It was definitely the most “urbanized” city of the South for a long time. However, it’s geology prevented real high rises from being built until they figured out how to do so on our muck that is the land here.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 9:55 am to doubleb
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New Orleans 1960 was the outlier. It had a large downtown and a large population 1940 494,537 1950 570,445 1960 627,525 it’s high point 1970 593,471 1990 496,938 2018 391,829 estimated
Now imagine every city in the South having the same population decline...that's what the Midwest has been going through since our Govt sold us out to China and we lost millions of manufacturing jobs. Its truly heartbreaking to see what's happened to the Midwest over the last 50 years. Thus, this is why i think its more impressive what Columbus has been able to achieve. Its NOTHING like any of its Midwestern city brethren.
This post was edited on 4/27/20 at 9:57 am
Posted on 4/27/20 at 10:01 am to Baws
i grew up outside of San Angelo in west Texas and i remember going to Austin in the 80s and 90s and it was like going to a little bit bigger town than that back then. Going to Dallas or San Antonio was going to the big city. right after i graduated college it became more of a "destination."
Posted on 4/27/20 at 10:04 am to Jimbeaux
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Weird outfit on a hot chick... wait Is that her bush?
Don’t remember when that went viral... ?
Chick watched the game with no pants on, that’s her shirt, and evidently she didn’t wear draws and is very “natural “...
This post was edited on 4/27/20 at 10:52 am
Posted on 4/27/20 at 10:05 am to Baws
Austin definitely has lost some of its weirdness at the cost of growth.
Soon Austin and San Antonio will be one metroplex like DFW.
Soon Austin and San Antonio will be one metroplex like DFW.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 10:06 am to Y.A. Tittle
The high rise boom began in the late 60s. Before that they had a couple oh taller buildings with a lot of mid rise buildings.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 10:09 am to Buckeye Backer
Wow, Columbus looks great!
Cannot wait
Cannot wait
Posted on 4/27/20 at 10:14 am to RedFoxx
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Austin definitely has lost some of its weirdness at the cost of growth.
Soon Austin and San Antonio will be one metroplex like DFW
I remember there being some stretches of driving in the country between Austin, San Marcos, New Braunfels, and San Antonio.
Now there’s just a couple miles between Buccees in NB and the outlet Malls in SM, and a tiny stretch between NB and Schertz. Other than that you have development the entire way.
Posted on 4/27/20 at 4:34 pm to Baws
Dubai 1991 
Dubai 2019
Dubai 2019
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