Bring a Light Jacket, It's Only Ninety-Nine
I left town for a week somewhere with actual weather, came home to a lawn that crunches like a chip bag, and caught Friday's sub-100 high like it was the first norther of fall.
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They Called It "The Bungalows at Crestview" Even Though They Tore the Bungalows Down
Stood in the "bungalow-inspired" lobby of the new mid-rise at North Lamar and Koenig watching a couple in matching Patagonia vests admire the exposed brick that came from a 1948 duplex they just demolished; my old $475 rent house is now a 680-square-foot "classic Austin living" unit starting at $3,450 with a QR code for the trash chute and a monthly amenity fee that buys you one reserved parking spot where the mechanic shop used to let you leave your truck overnight.
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