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Keeping a growing Austin green and weird is no easy task
2013-01-11 20:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A few months ago, an Austin writer took to the pages of the New York Times to fret about the fate of his city. Austin, it seems, is getting too big for its famously weird britches. Not too long ago, an older gentleman fond of wearing high heels and a thong in public ran for mayor three times, Richard Parker wrote. Now, Austin has a Grand Prix racing track, restaurants teeming with celebrities, and yuppies crowding out families. [I]n the wake of the Armstrong debacle, its hard not to think that...
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