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The SXSW Local Survival Guide: Or, How to Live in Your Own City for Two Weeks
SXSW Ruin CounterJul 1, 2025

The SXSW Local Survival Guide: Or, How to Live in Your Own City for Two Weeks

A tactical guide for Austinites who want to survive SXSW by doing the only sane thing: avoiding it completely.

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Tracking the annual corporate colonization of Austin's weirdest week.

"It used to be about the music. Now it's about the lanyard."

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