re: Longhorn AD Steve Patterson calls College Station a "shithole"

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Also, someone told me, or I read, that by 2050 CS is projected to have around 500k people?!?!? Is this true? I remember hearing a while back that a&m won a big govt. contract that would bring a lot of people to town. So it sounds like the bcs area is going to have their own little growth spurt.

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First of all, you live in SF? Kudos to you. Wife and I made a trip there this Nov. and LOVED IT. I have a buddy who lives there so I know the cost of living is even more insane than NYC, but if you can swing it, man, what a great city.

My folks live out in the country about half an hour from CS and mom, who is retired, volunteers in CS a couple times a week. So I hear a lot of the scuttlebutt about CS.

Appearently, CS is basically becoming an exurb of Houston. People who can afford it are retiring there in droves to escape the ever-creep of Houston's suburban ghetto. It's also possible for a lot of Aggie grads to move there while still young because of the rise of telecommuting and working from home.

The new federal vaccine center is supposed to spawn a bunch of related private industry & labs that will further boost the population. That's the big gov't contract you heard about.

CS has highrise condo buildings with ground-floor retail now. It's crazy.

I enjoy reading HuffPo, tbh

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Most Terribly Overrated Destinations:

1. Austin, Tx

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