A question concerning economics & minimum wage

[Azuren]

sethnintendo said:

Azuren said:

Most people I come across here in Austin (Californian Refugee Ground Zero) always talk about how expensive EVERYTHING in Cali is. Not just homes and rent, but gas and food, too. Anything that isn't priced nationally or internationally (PS4, for example) is more expensive there. And then they start talking about getting involved in the community and voting and trying to change Austin into California. I want to stop them and remind them that they left that state because those ideals didn't work out, but sometimes I feel like many of them are in their own world.

 

That said, they aren't all like that. Some come here and get just as frustrated as the progressive liberal bullshit permeating Austin as the rest of Texas does.

My parents moved to Austin in 2000 from Ohio and I've been in Austin since about 2006 (was going to TTU but would visit Austin during breaks).  It doesn't help that almost all the articles "best place to live" , "best place to work" have Austin at or near the top.  Now there are too many people here and the roads were never built up (and if they do build a road or make it wider then it is almost always tolled).  I don't think I can last too many more years in Austin area before I want to move to somewhere less populated.

I35 needs two more lanes per direction, and they need to abolish those damn tolls. I'd use 45 to go to work if it didn't cost me money.

But yeah, Austin proper has a lot of jobs, but you don't really want to live in the city limits. I'm in Round Rock, and I'm looking to move to Pflugerville soon.