Est. Whenever It Was Still Cheap
We Remember When
Austin Was Weird
For Free
Comedic nostalgia satire from someone who's been here long enough to have opinions about what used to be where your condo is now.
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Tech Bro of the Week: The Standing Desk Rancher
Tech Bro of the Week: The VC-Funded 'Co-Living Experience' That Used to Be a Trailer Park
Tech Bro of the Week: The Man Who Moved from SF to Reinvent the Kolache
Tech Bro of the Week: The AI-Powered Queso Disruptor
The South Congress Condopocalypse
The SXSW Corporate Takeover Tracker: Block by Block, Brand by Brand
The Grouch Manifesto
We don't hate Austin. We hate what happened to it while we were waiting in line for a $16 breakfast taco that used to cost two bucks and some pocket lint.
This site is a love letter disguised as a complaint form. Every post is a tiny funeral for something that made this city weird, wonderful, and almost affordable.
We remember. And we're not shutting up about it.
Featured Series
Condos of Shame
5 posts
Documenting the luxury boxes replacing everything you loved.
"Where your favorite taco truck used to be."
SXSW Ruin Counter
5 posts
Tracking the annual corporate colonization of Austin's weirdest week.
"It used to be about the music. Now it's about the lanyard."
Things That Used to Cost $3
5 posts
A eulogy for affordable Austin, one price tag at a time.
"Adjusting for inflation and broken dreams."
Tech Bro of the Week
5 posts
Satirical profiles of the disruptors disrupting your neighborhood.
"Move fast and break rent prices."
Lost Venues & Dive Bars
5 posts
Remembering the sticky-floored sanctuaries that defined a city.
"Gone but not forgotten. Unlike your bar tab."
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