Austin Gentrification

Condos are Replacing the Contagious Chaos of Red River Street

The city's soul is being sold to soulless investors, one condo at a time. Remember when Red River Street was a place to get weird, not a place to get a sweet deal on a one-bedroom apartment?

The Unmitigated Disaster that is South Congress Avenue's Transformation

The once-thriving hub of Austin's music scene has been reduced to a soulless strip of overpriced boutiques and mediocre restaurants. Where's the weird Bordeaux now?

The Great BBQ Apocalypse: A Rant About the End of the Line for the Best BBQ in Town

The line for Franklin Barbecue used to be a badge of honor, not a hostage situation. Now it's a metaphor for the soul-sucking, time-wasting, and wallet-draining experience that is modern Austin.

The Condo-ization of Red River: A Eulogy for the Music Scene

The last remnants of the East Side's raw, unbridled energy are being suffocated by condos and 'artisanal' coffee shops. Long live the memories of $1 beers and 3 a.m. karaoke.

The End of the Free BBQ Era: A Lament for the Lost Art of Short Lines

A nostalgic rant about the good old days of free BBQ and short lines.

The Tragic Demise of the 24-Hour Denny's: A Eulogy for the Soul of Austin

The city's last bastion of late-night, no-frills, affordable greatness has fallen to the forces of overpriced, artisanal everything.

Tech Bro of the Week: The VC-Funded 'Co-Living Experience' That Used to Be a Trailer Park

They removed 34 affordable housing units and replaced them with 34 luxury tiny homes with a communal kombucha tap.

The South Congress Condopocalypse

South Congress used to be weird. Now it's weird that anyone can still afford to be there.

The East Sixth Glass Tower Invasion

The glass towers crossed I-35 and nobody even pretended to be surprised.

Riverside 'Luxury' Lofts

Riverside Drive used to be where you lived when you couldn't afford anywhere else. Now you can't afford Riverside Drive either.

Rainey Street Remembers

Rainey Street used to be a quiet block of house-bars where you could drink a Lone Star on a porch. Now the porches are in the shadows of 40-story towers.

The Domain Was a Parking Lot

Before it was Austin's shiniest open-air mall-suburb, The Domain was just a bunch of nothing next to an IBM campus nobody talked about.

A Eulogy for the $3 Breakfast Taco

Austin's signature food used to be cheap fuel, not a lifestyle brand.

SXSW Badge Price Timeline: A Brief History of Financial Ruin

From $50 wristbands to $1,900 platinum passes — a love story between Austin and your empty wallet.

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."

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."

Satirical profiles of the disruptors disrupting your neighborhood.

"Move fast and break rent prices."

A eulogy for affordable Austin, one price tag at a time.

"Adjusting for inflation and broken dreams."