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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be entertainment areas around the city, but SXSW wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Downtown as an entertainment central hub. A centralized heart where people went to have a good time regardless of what part of Austin they live in.
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Okay, but you realize that with today's insane traffic and horrendously insufficient transport infrastructure, the only thing a centralized entertainment hub does is shut out most of the city's residents from taking advantage of that entertainment, right? You mention SXSW, yet most locals I know avoid Downtown like the plague during SXSW for that very reason!
I mean back in the day you could get from one end of the city to the other in 10-15 minutes. My neighbor, an Austin native, says he used to call Austin a "Twelve Minute Town" for that reason. Today though? Yeah...