Condos of Shame
Documenting the luxury boxes replacing everything you loved.
"Where your favorite taco truck used to be."
Editorial Clusters
Old Austin Grouch organizes its archive into recurring series so readers can follow one flavor of civic irritation at a time. Use these hubs to track Austin prices, lost venues, SXSW excess, development churn, and tech-bro culture without bouncing around randomly.
The main editorial tracks that structure the site.
8 posts
Documenting the luxury boxes replacing everything you loved.
"Where your favorite taco truck used to be."
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."
5 posts
A eulogy for affordable Austin, one price tag at a time.
"Adjusting for inflation and broken dreams."
5 posts
Satirical profiles of the disruptors disrupting your neighborhood.
"Move fast and break rent prices."
5 posts
Remembering the sticky-floored sanctuaries that defined a city.
"Gone but not forgotten. Unlike your bar tab."
7 posts
A running obituary for vanished Austin institutions, rituals, and neighborhoods that got priced out, paved over, or rebranded.
"For everyone still giving directions based on what's not there anymore."
Use this section like a topical table of contents for the entire site.
Documenting the luxury boxes replacing everything you loved.
"Where your favorite taco truck used to be."
Tracking the annual corporate colonization of Austin's weirdest week.
"It used to be about the music. Now it's about the lanyard."
A eulogy for affordable Austin, one price tag at a time.
"Adjusting for inflation and broken dreams."
Satirical profiles of the disruptors disrupting your neighborhood.
"Move fast and break rent prices."
Remembering the sticky-floored sanctuaries that defined a city.
"Gone but not forgotten. Unlike your bar tab."
A running obituary for vanished Austin institutions, rituals, and neighborhoods that got priced out, paved over, or rebranded.
"For everyone still giving directions based on what's not there anymore."
Comedic Austin nostalgia satire. We remember when this town was weird for free.
This is satire. We love Austin — even the parts we complain about. All characters are fictional composites. No tech bros were harmed in the making of this website.
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