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Cool new stuff coming to an SEC town.

Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:46 am
Posted by Numberwang
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:46 am
In the past week or so, these two new venues were announced for the Dickson Street area. One's a 3-screen independent movie theater; the other is a new live theater performance center, unaffiliated with the Walton-funded performing arts center down the block.

These will compliment the Walton Arts Center very well.

I see a week like this and I start to believe the hype. Fayetteville/NWA is the "new Austin" type city emerging right now.

Lumiere Theater

Theatre Squared
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 11:49 am
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:13 pm to
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Fayetteville/NWA is the "new Austin"


Stop
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:16 pm to
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Fayetteville/NWA is the "new Austin"


Not a compliment.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:19 pm to
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Not a compliment.


Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:28 pm to
the best thing about Austin is SH130.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:29 pm to
Yellow Rose
Posted by VagueMessage
Springdale, AR
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 3:10 pm to
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Not a compliment.


Are you saying that just to play up the UT hate, or do you actually have something against Austin? I never really hear of anyone who's been to Austin not enjoying it, I'm just curious.
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 3:15 pm to
The only thing to dislike about Austin is that it isn't 25 years ago.

I'm ok with us being a lot like Austin was 25 years ago.

In 25 years I probably won't like it.
Posted by AggieDub14
Oil Baron
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 3:21 pm to
Austin is a cool town to visit for a weekend. Probably the most fun of any major city in the South. Wouldn't want to live there for more than a few years if I ever moved there. Their college football team sucks and the color burnt orange is hideous.
Posted by wmr
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:09 pm to
:itshappeninggif:
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:21 pm to
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I'm ok with us being a lot like Austin was 25 years ago.


Baton Rouge is closer to being what Austin was 25 years ago than Fayetteville is. And I'm not saying that as a compliment to BR.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
30760 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:38 pm to
I actually really hate Austin. No aggieism coming out in that.

It's a great town for the stuff that occurs in it, but the layout, traffic, people, and cost of everything keeps me from spending much time there that I don't have to.
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8946 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:41 pm to
Taxes are high.
Cost of living has skyrocketed.
Too many dirty Hippies inside the city.
A lot of liberal laws forced upon people.
Liberal Racism is rampant.
It's always crowded.
Traffic sucks.
Too many out of state people (Non Texans suck donkey balls).
Hipsters are everywhere with their PC agenda.
A lot of smug yuppies everywhere.
There is always lines for everything.
Not enough freeways.
No nightlife scene outside of 6th street.
And so much other crap...

Sure, Austin has some nice features like the Hill Country, Lake Travis, and a few hiking areas. But it is the people who make it terrible. Too many Californians, Pennsylvanians, and other Yankee sub groups come to Texas because of our jobs, but then want to implement the same laws they had back home that caused their original jobs to go away.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 4:46 pm
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:42 pm to
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Baton Rouge is closer to being what Austin was 25 years ago than Fayetteville is. And I'm not saying that as a compliment to BR.



Baton Rouge would be a nice place to live if poverty wasn't so rampant anywhere north of the LSU campus.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
30760 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:43 pm to
That's what I was too lazy to type out.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:47 pm to
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Baton Rouge would be a nice place to live if poverty wasn't so rampant anywhere north of the LSU campus.


You don't know what you're talking about. There is the stretch between downtown and campus that needs to be leveled but most of BR south of Florida blvd, which is well north of campus, is perfectly nice.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134050 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:54 pm to
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Are you saying that just to play up the UT hate, or do you actually have something against Austin? I never really hear of anyone who's been to Austin not enjoying it, I'm just curious.


Austin is too weird/overly pretentious for my taste. Of the major Texas cities, I like it's vibe the least. Always felt that way even before I attended TAMU.

San Antonio es mi ciudad y mi gente.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 4:54 pm
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:56 pm to
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overly pretentious


Just because you don't relate to something, that doesn't make it pretentious
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 4:58 pm
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8946 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:57 pm to
If there is one thing I remember about my last visit to LSU, it was that sketchy neighborhood that greets you as you exit I-10 after the river. That's north of campus ain't it?
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134050 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 4:58 pm to
I know you like Austin. I prefer SA. We'll never agree. For obvious reasons.

/argument
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 5:00 pm
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