> I never thought Austin was a shithole. Much of the rest of Texas,
> yeah, that's my impression. But Austin always seemed, from a distance, like
> a pretty civilized place.
It is. The place has its usual quota of scary rednecks, petro-fundies, and soulless corporate types, stuff you could find anywhere in this country, but it also has a thriving art/music/videogame scene. It's terrain worth fighting for.
-- DRR