Good article on "One and Done"s

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hatvol96 said:
Well, if a magazine run by Steve Forbes says it, that makes it truth. We all know he's the King of Cool.
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I doubt the King of Cool had much to do with this, but these sources did:

Methodology: Our overall ranking is based on the sum of the rankings within six separate categories for 40 of the biggest U.S. metros. The data used to create these rankings came from Forbes, the U.S. Census, ACCRA, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Montreal International, Woods & Poole, Citysearch, Gary Gates of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Richard Florida and Kevin Stolarick, of Catalytix as well as George Mason University and Carnegie Mellon University.
 
#52
#52
allvol123 said:
Of course not.
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That would be because my guess is that the person rooting for the all consuming fire was wishing such as a result of a sporting event, while my fervent hope for Austin's demise is based on the fact that the world would miss nothing if a faux city in the middle of a Hellish state were to disappear. I could be wrong. Don't remember the incident and don't care enough to try and find it.
 
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TennNC said:
I doubt the King of Cool had much to do with this, but these sources did:

Methodology: Our overall ranking is based on the sum of the rankings within six separate categories for 40 of the biggest U.S. metros. The data used to create these rankings came from Forbes, the U.S. Census, ACCRA, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Montreal International, Woods & Poole, Citysearch, Gary Gates of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Richard Florida and Kevin Stolarick, of Catalytix as well as George Mason University and Carnegie Mellon University.
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All noted arbiters of what is, and is not hip. Nothing says cool like Carnegie Mellon.
 
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#55
hatvol96 said:
That would be because my guess is that the person rooting for the all consuming fire was wishing such as a result of a sporting event, while my fervent hope for Austin's demise is based on the fact that the world would miss nothing if a faux city in the middle of a Hellish state were to disappear. I could be wrong. Don't remember the incident and don't care enough to try and find it.
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You are correct about the sporting event relation, I was not able to remember that part, but glad you could.
 
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#57
TennNC said:
Americans also care about Dog the Bounty Hunter and whether a former figure skater wins Dancing With the Stars.
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Yet your beloved Austin City Limits is on public television. Guess not as many people give a damn about what happens there as you think.
 
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#60
TennNC said:
Are you kidding? That's all you got? How about the 70+% of people who voted against him in both elections and the numerous protests against the Bush administration during his time in the WH?
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Bush won Travis County with 46% of the vote in 2000. He received 41% of the vote in 2004.
 
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#62
A debate about the virtues of Austin, TX. Sweet. I was disappointed with SXSW this year. Seemed like alot of goth types had decended on the city for some reason. We packed up and spent one day in San Antonio just to get away.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
A debate about the virtues of Austin, TX. Sweet. I was disappointed with SXSW this year. Seemed like alot of goth types had decended on the city for some reason. We packed up and spent one day in San Antonio just to get away.
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That really sucks, b/c San Antonio truly is a cesspool.

Unless you're a hardcore music nut who's willing to pay extra or stand in line for hours on end to get into a show, SXSW is perhaps the worst time to visit Austin. There's enough going on there any given weekend to get your money's worth.
 
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#65
Scrap the debate, nobody's going to convince anyone else.

I like Austin. Others do. Others clearly don't. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle of all those opinions.
 
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TennNC said:
That really sucks, b/c San Antonio truly is a cesspool.

Unless you're a hardcore music nut who's willing to pay extra or stand in line for hours on end to get into a show, SXSW is perhaps the worst time to visit Austin. There's enough going on there any given weekend to get your money's worth.
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I like Austin and have been numerous times on business but this was my first trip down for pure pleasure. We had several passes for shows and enjoyed ourselves.

I don't mind San Antonio either. There are some nice things to do in the spring.
 
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#67
BigPapaVol said:
Scrap the debate, nobody's going to convince anyone else.

I like Austin. Others do. Others clearly don't. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle of all those opinions.
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What is your problem? I've enjoyed reading this, don't encourage them to stop!
 
#69
#69
Texas sucks balls. All of it.

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Austin, and so on and so forth.

And this is coming from a guy who wanted to go to UTexas
 
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#70
Business said:
Just for sake of argument, it's not fair to compare Austin and New York.

So how does Austin compare to similar (in population) cities?

I've never been to Austin I'm just enjoying the conversation here.

List of United States cities by population
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looking at that list, I started making my own list of cities I would choose over Austin. It got pretty long, so I'll go with cities I would choose Austin over instead:

Columbus, Ohio
Washington DC
Miami (sorry hat, just not my thing)
Tulsa
Cleveland

I've been to just about every major city on that list from Oklahoma/Texas and eastward. That's about it for where I wouldn't live. Almost hate to include DC because there's something enjoyable riding the subway around 5-ish through week as all the interns are getting off work.
 
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#74
It depends on which part of ATL you're talking about. Some of it is smart. Some of it is stupid . . . and some of it is a crack whore.
 
#75
#75
This thread is a crack whore. All of you fail.

Back on topic. They need to get rid of this one and done rule. If a kid thinks he's good enough to play in the NBA out of high school, let him try. And if he gets stuck in D-League hell, then it's his own fault. He's a young adult by that time.
 
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