@protist @reddig33
I mean to a degree *maybe* I could get behind realigning prices. But commercial and industrial buyers are making a profit using that gas and residential buyers aren't... And residential buyers are more likely to need the gas for everyday life and I feel like they *should* be shouldering less of the share of the costs.

@protist @kalpol
OMG I heard that in his voice! 🤣❤️

@protist
That makes sense.

I tried to get an appointment at another and was told they couldn't do the battery work.

Autonation does a good job it just takes them longer than it would if there were more mechanics available.

@scytale
After a few years the Bermuda grass takes over and doesn't need the water!
@reddig33

@reddig33
Tomatoes (especially cherry tomatoes like Juliet or Sungold), peppers, okra and black eyed peas. I learned a few summers ago why those are involved in so much Southern cooking.
@31337

@dylanmorgan
They're not for local government. They're for State run government. They're not for small government. They're for small federal government so they can control more at the state level.
@logicbomb @austin

@helenslunch
Show me proof it doesn't matter and I'll believe it. There has been housing subsidizing for a long time. I had a subsidized apartment back in the 90s for a while. And yet prices didn't really spike until the last couple of years. I'll grant you it's possible subsidies cause landlords to raise rents a few dollars. But not to the degree we've seen lately.

What's happening lately is tenants are expected to bid for apartments. That's what's allowing the rents to skyrocket.

@helenslunch
All the less than 7500 people getting rent assistance in a market with how many apartments? That's a miniscule part of the market.

Rents increase because more people are moving here (it's gone from about 100k to nearly a million in the 30 years I've been here without much new building until the last few years) and Austin already had a tight apartment market in the 90s.
@FigMcLargeHuge