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Idea:
PUT A CAP ON POPULATION GROWTH!
As a native Austinite, I'm proud our city attracts business/culture, etc. I know the economy is boosted and that's good, however....enough is enough!
Traffic is out of control and affordable housing is practically extinct. The infrastructure can't keep up and crime is bad, as well. All is not fair or equal in Austin and there's no turning back now....or is there?
By putting a CAP ON POPULATION GROWTH, the city could take a breather and attempt to catch up with the problems we are currently experiencing. I don't see that become "cosmopolitan and international" is the priority.
The ugly truth is that if a person is not a millenial, high tech, extremly athletic or "monied"....well then lust get out of the way and out of sight. Folks with less income are practicaly being "herded out to pasture." Taken a look at Northeast Austin lately? Being priced out or gentrified out of a beloved neighborhood is not good, cool, right, fair or kosher!
There is enough money in Austin; there are enough people in Austin. PUT A CAP ON GROWTH NOW! At the very least, attach some sort of fee to moving here. Most of the people coming in can well afford it.
Stop the land grabbing, eminent domaining and plain old greed...did we not learn anything from our not so distant history?
Not just whining here City Council. Think about it.