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#There’s a big mindset difference between Austin and Portland: Austin is very pro-growth, not focused enough on environment and livability issues (such as environment, transportation), other than money, and growth. The biggest part of their culture is all towards driving growth.
##Austin has an incentive-based business attraction strategy for luring new industry
##To market Austin, they offered everything they could; ignored problems; sell Austin as the most wonderful place on the planet;
##BUT it’s awful to ignore everything about it -- particularly technology –
##Austin is less focused on urban issues, urban planning, green initiatives, etc. compared to Portland.
#Austin has a terrific digital divide, and huge income gaps.
#Austin has terrible urban sprawl, and little concern for degradation of land, water, air.
#Austin has an attitude of Growth – growth, growth – like Seattle – growth, biz attraction.
#Poor relationship between the city and the state government, and also a poor relationship between Austin and the University Texas (similar to Boston)
#*The University of Texas has huge resources, and is well endowed,
#Austin has many local venture capital firms and an entrepreneurship culture
#Austin investment rewards people and technology
#Austin is trying to grow younger new business leadership; has or is developing a leadership/public policy group of key tech-private sector leadership

Austin 360: news outlet for hyper local news. (Austin 360 was their Chamber/GPI equivalent for growth, attracting business.)

''Note by Randy (2024)'': One of their mayoral candidates, Robin Rather (daughter of Dan Rather) said the environmental issues were hugely serious…no one had any concern for the ….all of it. I bet now, as the cost of living there has skyrocketed, housing is also a huge issue.

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