[Robotgroup] Wired Magazines Best Geek Cities

[Leslie Filip]

Austin is an island of independent thinkers floating in a sea of  
ultra-right wing crazies and rednecks, that's all. Texas gets a bad  
name not only from "W" but from white boys dragging people of color  
behind pickup trucks down gravel roads on the end of a chain. I  
actually believe the writer of the article is fully justified in  
saying what he did. He complimented Austin while simultaneously bitch  
slapping the rest of Texas.

Les, native Texan


On 13 Feb 2007, at 11:27 AM, Vern Graner wrote:

> Def Egge wrote:
>> Old news ... and the writer is still an a$$hole!  Pardon me. but I
>> don't find that last line funny in the least.
>
> I don't know if it was designed to be funny/critical, but rather to  
> be a
> "compliment" (if somewhat backhanded) to the city and its  
> denizens.. at
> least thats how I interpreted it.
>
> When you compare the folks in Austin to the folks in say, Vidor or
> Odessalate, you can see how comparatively Austin and it's embrace of
> "weirdness" was an anomaly.
>
> My $0.02 anyway... :)
>
> Vern
>
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