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Deadpan notes from the Parmer-to-Cesar Chavez run on Loop 1, where 2017's "managed lanes" still leave general-purpose traffic in the 35-60 minute range and every extended idle translates into another $6.50 Veracruz All Natural taco you'll skip at the finish line.

Meet Chadwick, who thinks the real problem with breakfast tacos is that they lack a decentralized ledger.

Austin's signature food used to be cheap fuel, not a lifestyle brand.
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Satirical profiles of the disruptors disrupting your neighborhood.
"Move fast and break rent prices."
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A eulogy for affordable Austin, one price tag at a time.
"Adjusting for inflation and broken dreams."
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A running obituary for vanished Austin institutions, rituals, and neighborhoods that got priced out, paved over, or rebranded.
"For everyone still giving directions based on what's not there anymore."
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