Austin is Soooo Cool, Or its denizens are delusional - And More of the Cities of LA

When you say a place is cool or awesome, like I hear many people tell me about Austin when I say I'm from there, you must be focusing a part of Austin and not the real city. And even that part can't be as cool as other cities like LA and Miami and Houston and New York and keep going. In Austin you're not connected to the crazy social and cultural expanse and complexity and diversity of an urban community like LA. Austin has way less of those characteristics. Its like LA. But its not LA. When you're in LA you feel more connected to a global community The pics here and in some other posts are from York Street in Northeast LA. One of my favorites is the three story red brick building because they tried to go above two stories. Another thing that stuck out about this building is that there were clothes hanging in the windows. Working people I guess. In neighborhoods like this with expensive housing you wonder where working people can afford to live. There is a real contrast of affluent and working people evident throughout LA like all other American cities including Austin.