Austin TX Coli Folk

[Batsute]

If that’s garage for the concert hall I’m thinking about that shyt is always fukkin trash. Had one friend bytching his blood sugar demanding we all left out cars right there and walk to magnolia cafe.

 

[Sinnerman]

Where are we partying brehs/brehettes?

Domain is hit or miss
West 6th is dope usually
Rainey has been dead the last few times I've been
DT Round Rock is good on Saturday nights

 

[ViShawn]

Where are we partying brehs/brehettes?

Domain is hit or miss
West 6th is dope usually
Rainey has been dead the last few times I've been
DT Round Rock is good on Saturday nights

I like east 6th when I go out. More eclectic

 

[Tflasha]

My parties days are long over

 

[Yinny]

My parties days are long over

Word I have an infant and by the end of the week I’m relieved if he keeps his 7ish bedtime. We wake up super early every day

 

[Lv99 Slacker]

Uber and Waymo to offer driverless ride-hailing trips in Austin and Atlanta | Sept 13, 2024

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/uber-and-waymo-partnership-expanding-to-austin-and-atlanta.html

Uber announced Friday it is expanding its partnership with Alphabet’s
Waymo to offer robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta beginning in early 2025. Shares of Uber jumped 5% on the news while Alphabet rose about 1%

Uber riders in those cities can be matched with a driverless Waymo car for some trips, according to the companies. The rides will only be available through Uber’s app, unlike in San Francisco and Los Angeles where riders book through the Waymo app. A Waymo spokesperson said it had no plans to partner with Uber in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The expansion comes as Uber faces investor pressure to step up its autonomous vehicle strategy, especially ahead of Tesla’s planned robotaxi event slated for Oct. 10. Shares of Uber have fallen 9% since the Tesla event was announced and are off 17% from their 52-week highs.

It may also slow Waymo encroachment into Uber’s market share. An analysis from Bernstein estimated that, as of May 2024, Waymo’s 50,000 weekly paid rides made up approximately 2% of ride-sharing usage in San Francisco. Since then, Waymo has doubled its paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 a week, the company announced.

Uber’s initial agreement with Waymo in Phoenix also included autonomous Uber Eats deliveries in the city. The expansion into Austin and Atlanta won’t include Uber Eats at first, according to the Waymo spokesperson, but they’re exploring that possibility for the future.

The expansion into two more cities is another step in Uber’s advancement into the robotaxi space, after struggling to get a foothold and selling off its own self-driving division in 2020, now relying on partnerships with companies including Waymo, GM’s Cruise and the SoftBank-backed U.K. startup Wayve to gain ground.

Waymo has rapidly made strides in the self-driving race. It currently offers robotaxi services to the public in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix. It has logged more than 22 million miles through June of this year, and last week, it released a report that argued its vehicles are safer than human drivers. It began testing driverless cars on Bay Area freeways with Google employees in August.

 

[ViShawn]

^ More autonomous vehicles that's wild!

I'm sort of disenchanted by Austin. I'm not sure it's because I'm getting older or what. The city simply lacks diversity not only in terms of it's Black population, but also of thought. I also get very annoyed with performative white liberals here who contribute to the destruction of the community here. They will also use their "progressive" views to absolve themselves of any sort of criticism, while in my experience they can be just as racist as conservatives.

I miss the lack of seasons I experience in other parts of the US. The food scene is alright but I can drive for Houston especially if I want better Cajun/Creole/Soul Food. "Old Austin" is being destroyed to satisfy the Californians and Tech Bros coming here. Native Hostel is now a putt-putt chain. East Austin has a bunch of new bars... OH AND not to mention a Whole Food and Target

I've told people before that if you come from a small town or from the Midwest, etc you'll like this city. If you lived in the East Coast or lived in or near a world city (Atlanta, Chicago, NYC, DC) you'll find you're missing something living here.

Maybe I'm just in a "mood" though. I do like the city and what's Austin's given to me. It's helped my tech career and I made great friends. I just think the city could be better.

 

[ViShawn]

I think this list is off. They give Houston 7 stars, Austin 7 stars, and Dallas one??

I just don't really think Austin has a food scene like that. I could see 2 - 3 Michelin stars but that's just me.

 

[Batsute]

I think this list is off. They give Houston 7 stars, Austin 7 stars, and Dallas one??

I just don't really think Austin has a food scene like that. I could see 2 - 3 Michelin stars but that's just me.

My girl just showed me this that omakase and dipdipdip is about to run my pockets.

La Barbecue getting one star is crazy. It’s good but it ain’t wait a fukkin hour good like Killens. Interstellar and Leroy & Lewis (Chudds be cooking his ass off) are on my list but that wait is gonna be insufferable now. Franklin now is just for tourist, it’s the base for what good bbq is.

Briscuits is interesting cause da fuq does exceptional value mean the brisket biscuit was okay but those hash browns were

The disrespect for Suerte is unreal. If any spot should’ve gotten the star it should’ve been Suerte .

EDIT: Barely Swine that place has been around for damn near 2 decades and it just made the list.

 

[ViShawn]

We're getting a Nando's