Austin's New Tallest Skyscraper - Sixth and Guadalupe

[@84jdgregory]

Been here almost 17 years. The last 5 has made it really hard to want to stay.

[@no_guarantees]

When an obscure idea becomes common....

[@Klust413]

Been here since 2011, but now I just want to move out of country entirely.

[@larrydrozd2740]

Moved here in 1986. It was an exceptional town, especially for artists and musicians, like me. Now? I'm in Taylor and will be moving when I retire in 2 years. Its too hot, too expensive and too mean for me now. Brew pubs and food .....music scene is LONG gone!

[@JNS512]

Austin already has a taller skyscraper under construction. The Waterline will be 74 stories and 1,022 feet making it the tallest skyscraper in Texas. The same developers that are building 6th and Guadalupe are also building the Waterline. Also Austin has been a tech hub for decades, we are simply seeing an excelleration of major tech companies relocating here or expanding in a major way.

[@mrdakotameeks]

My sister worked for a tech company based in Nashville that got bought out by a company in Austin a few yrs ago. It’s crazy to see Austin and Nashville becoming tech hubs.

[@phillygrunt2154]

I hope Austin ends up the Detroit of Texas.

[@JNS512]

@@phillygrunt2154 Oh it won't. Even with the global economy slowing, we continue to see non stop construction and more companies move or expand here.

[@danielkelly2210]

@@phillygrunt2154 Just curious... why?

[@azulaquaza4916]

@@danielkelly2210 Centrally located (Houston, Dallas, SA all less then 3 hrs), One of the most educated regions in the country (UT Austin, Texas State, ACC), one of the few safest big cities left in the country, Population is one of the healthiest in Texas, Best nature out of any of the other cities, etc…

[@MrNeilTV]

Boy that’s what Austin needs more unaffordable condos

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

😆

[@josemanuellopezgiraldez404]

Blame zoning

[@chocolatechipslime]

It’s amazing how many downtown condos Austin has, I can’t believe there are that many people buying them up

[@lonniedalton7505]

“Unaffordable” is a very subjective term

[@pebblepod30]

@@lonniedalton7505 no it isn't, i means 30% or less of a Working person's income, that is affordable for that income bracket. That's a common definition

[@The_Hagseed]

I like how you didn't show any closer shots of the city. Guess you're not a big fan of tents.

[@02ninjaman]

dude many people in austin are tired of the new people moving in. like it's making it more packed and we are annoyed by it.

[@janeforever]

We're in CA, for job reasons, bur tried moving back to TX, Austin specifically since it's home & where parts of our family still live. It's so ridiculously expensive there that we've decided to stay in CA because we can't afford a home or the property taxes that would be triple what we pay in CA. Looks like we'll finally get back home to TX but only when we die because that's where our family burial plots are located.

[@777jones]

Get ready for continued growth for the next 30 years solid. If it annoys you it will get much worse.

[@conormilroy6396]

I live in that tiny building right next door, the construction noise is brutal, and now if you’re at the pool you’re staring at this building

[@urbaninternational]

I can imagine the noise being ridiculous. That sucks

[@PolishBehemoth]

I always wondered what the deal was with that tiny house. Is it designated historic?

[@duzzytrivia]

Welcome in 5 more years Austin wont be able to look at a sunset, my city is being raped and pillaged. No more veiws from the inner city, you would need to go out of the city just to get a good view, the buildings will block the wind and make it even hotter than it already is in the summer. Austin city council doesn't care about anyone including the folks that are actually from austin. Supposed to be greatful that they invented "programs" for renters. Well they don't want to rent they want to keeo their homes!!!

[@thesigmamale0001]

Is it the one right across the big hotel

[@monabonejakon2797]

@@PolishBehemoth Yes, it's the home of American author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter).

[@jonathandunn9495]

I like how I can tell you’re Texan by how passionate you were about people coming in from California 😂

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

😂 yep- good man!

[@Klust413]

But they're also not from Austin. An Austinite will say Guadaloop

[@sangmoon2464]

What Austin needs to do is build an elevated walk & bike way interconnecting all its buildings

[@benfelps]

Why?

[@sangmoon2464]

@@benfelps Because its sidewalks are as intermittent as FM reception in a parking garage.

[@mags3872]

No way we just need to make everything way more pedestrian friendly downtown

[@PolishBehemoth]

This would be really beautiful. Especially if it was totally see thru and occasionally wobbled back n forth and had speakers that made sounds of crumbling concrete and metal that would make people feel unsafe and totally spooked out.

[@iantempleton313]

That’s a horrible idea lol

[@adriencloud2130]

Maybe I’m negative but the tower is rather intimidating. When compared to its neighbors. the parking podium makes it feel unapproachable and almost brutalist.

[@urbaninternational]

That's one way of describing it

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

It's an atrocity.

[@dilliam1702]

The parking podium sucks, but in terms of fitting in with it's neighbors, it'll fit in nicely in the coming years. Theres a 675ft tower going across the street, 700+ ft "The Republic" tower across the park and 3 full blocks ready to be built on within a 2-3 blocks. The whole area is about to be a beast!

[@adriencloud2130]

@@dilliam1702 I agree with time it should fit right in.

[@discojoe4865]

If anything it's not brutal enough. Downtown Austin has too many big shiny buildings covered in glass, and it could use some more concrete and masonry. Also the overall design of Guadalupe is just sooo ugly.

[@bryguy24]

Thumnail is inaccurate. 6XG is not classified as a supertall as it does not reach the height threshold.

[@sm3675]

More inventory is needed drastically. More buildings!!

[@urbaninternational]

More apartments? Or more houses?

[@LazE-bones]

Where tf are the townhouses

[@lawtonwilliamssr.9967]

Nashville is having the same issues in terms of infrastructure and Californian relocating to Suburban areas, causing home prices to rise. We don't have any super tall buildings though. Austin has us in that department. Beautiful skyline....I Might add.

[@imacrazy6872]

Austin home prices were crazy way before the Cali exodus. Friend of mine had a tiny 1100 sf home, he got over 250,000 about 15 years ago.

[@saucedintexas]

oh cool, just what we needed. another skyscraper. yay.

[@urbaninternational]

Lmao

[@gustavokennedy213]

It’s a shame what’s happening to Austin it’s also affecting neighboring communities also. Rent is dam high people are struggling it’s unreal. The wife and I both work good jobs unfortunately we have been priced out of rental and housing purchasing. I am so thankful that my sister and brother in Law rented out there second home to use to use at a rate we can afford. It’s not looking to in the long run either. I hopeful for better days ahead.

[@PolishBehemoth]

It happens everywhere. Just shut up.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-yw4si]

I mean that sounds like a personal you problem and if you don’t have the money to back it up then don’t live in Austin. Nobody is forcing people to stay where they are. Go into real estate start a business I don’t know what to tell you but I’m sick and tired of all these whining people and crying about how expensive Austin is then do something about it that is every major city in the US. Dallas, San Antonio is the same way. It’s not just Austin.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-yw4si]

Sounds like you either need to move outside of Austin or go live in a poor community where you can afford your life. 😂

[@joshuakhaos4451]

how most cities and states are now, They probably dont care and think that you arent relevant if you cant just keep up with the new lifestyle of the rich they've invited in and told they are allowed to set up permanent shop in whatever community they want. And to ignore us pesky locals, we're just jealous because we have meager wage jobs and cant readily afford things anymore.

[@ClementinesmWTF]

You do know that Austin has long been considered the “Silicon Hills” right? Austin’s tech boom isn’t new. Talking about this building as an isolated example of Austin’s skyscraper boom is just plain boring. It would’ve been much more interesting to talk about Austin’s growing skyline in terms of just how many “new tallests” the city has had since Frost Bank and the slow growth it had for the entire century before

[@urbaninternational]

Perhaps a future video concept

[@CrankyHermit]

Weird no more. Austin has sold its soul.

[@urbaninternational]

What do you mean by that?

[@PolishBehemoth]

Unfortuneatley the city council is mostly to blame.

[@CrankyHermit]

​@@urbaninternational If you loved the old Austin for its unique character, charm and friendliness, you wouldn't have to ask. Greed is now giving Austin a skyline like every other inhuman city -- a tasteless but cosmopolitan trophy collection. Some no doubt find this exciting, rather than tragic.

[@texaswunderkind]

@@CrankyHermit It is sadly ironic that developers move into popular areas like South Congress or Red River because of its cool vibe, tear down everything that made it unique, throw up cookie-cutter buildings, and then watch as the new condo residents complain about the noise of the bars and clubs that made the area special in the first place.

[@techdudefyi]

Great keeping making Austin unaffordable... so many locals are been forced away from Austin thanks to unnecessary condos like this..

[@texaswunderkind]

Tall buildings have nothing to do with affordability. Housing prices are a direct function of supply and demand. With the city adding 4,500 new people each month, the city lacks the density needed to house all of those people affordably. Instead of building "missing middle" housing with greater density near the city core, the only new homes are for upper-middle-class people. You have to move to Leander, Bastrop, or Buda to find anything a normal family can afford. That creates more and more traffic. Density and public transportation are a good thing, but Austin will never go for it because the NIMBY types would never allow it.

[@joshuakhaos4451]

@@texaswunderkind Yes supply and demand is a large factor in housing unaffordability, you are correct. But the problem is that all they build now for housing is LUXURY ONLY. There is no attempt at a starter condo, townhome or modest sized started home community. ONLY LUXURY.

[@elgallo512]

Born and raised in Austin 2002 off west ridge when azzie Morton rd used to be Robert e lee.. this city is growing into just any other city and losing all what culture it used to have. Planning to move out in 2 years. Traffic sucks development sucks and infrastructure can’t handle this level of growth.

[@noahg4369]

If you don't mind me asking, and ignore my ignorance lol, what culture did it have before that it now doesn't? I'd think the growth and relocation of people that Austin is currently experiencing has a positive effect on a city? I will say that i think Austin is a lot more diverse now than it once was, is that not a positive thing? To be fair, Austin's growth was unprecedented and it overwhelmed its infrastructure, COVID brought record numbers to Austin. Supporting projects like Project Connect are vital for the city's growing population.

[@Rich-MarsEco]

So weird thing, I was looking up the address you gave at 400 W. 6th in Austin, and it was blocks away from the site. It's on the 700th section of 6th, and i doubled checked on their website, which says what you said (which is were you probably got your information.) I could understand if it was within the block but it's 4 full blocks to the west on Google Maps, and the business between the sight confirm it's in the 700s...

[@urbaninternational]

I believe google maps is placing the pin wrong. If you look up the bar "Devil May Care" this is at 500 W 6th, next to the construction site, and 300 W 6th is an office building on the other side of the construction site... Feel free to fact check me

[@Rich-MarsEco]

@@urbaninternational Yes, I see, Google got it wrong, I suggested a Pin Edit for it. lol

[@Lora-Lynn]

It is block 73 in downtown Austin which is 4 blocks west of Congress Avenue, and address is 400 block west of Congress Avenue that divides east and west in Austin. I drive past that building every day.

[@blakebilodeau6005]

As a native Houstonian that has lived in Austin for over 13 years I feel the need to say it. Austin has gone downhill fast... Goodbye everything that made Austin what it was. Goodbye affordable living, hello "open floorplan" modern luxury flats. Goodbye local music/entertainment, hello unaffordable corporate haven.

[@SillyTube9]

This is how they ruined Seattle, Brooklyn, etc. Artists make a place cool, then these corporate douchenozzles move in, raise the rents, and soon, the artists who made it cool, can’t live there anymore. The coolness plummets, the business nerds leave, and urban blight sets in.

[@joshuakhaos4451]

There needs to be laws or regulations when it comes to Luxury residences. Luxury homes/condos need to be pushed to the end of the line in terms of what gets built, and prioritize entry level and regular middle class housing first. There will always be luxury homes and apartments, but that appears to be all that they build nowdays. Which compared to 10-12 years ago when a starter home and regular middle class home/apartments is a jarring shift. But it seems that around 2013-2014, every thing became Luxury only and not ment for the average citizen of any city. But if you were from the coast and in Tech, then every city was being designed for you at the expense of the locals. even in cities that people on the coasts would turn their nose up at and disparage the locals of that city and state.

[@Paris_wildcat]

At 3:34 that view is Dallas skyline, not Austin.

[@urbaninternational]

True

[@wendellmayes]

Local dialect/accent quirk: Guadalupe, when speaking of the road (such as this building being named after the intersection of 6th and Guadalupe Streets), is pronounced GWAD-uh-loop, with emphasis on the first syllable. When you are referring to the river, it is pronounced such as the way a white hick would try and say Mexican Spanish: gwad-uh-loop-eh. A few others: Burnet is “burn-it” Manchaca is “MAN SHACK” Koenig is “KAY-nig” Nueces is “new-AY-sez” Pedernales is “purr-de-NAH-less” (as in nah, I aint gon do that) Manor is “MAY-ner” Elgin, contra Illinois and South Carolina and the basketball star, is not “EL-jin” but “el-ginn” with a hard g. Del Valle is “Dell Valley” Mueller (the old airport now redeveloped) is pronounced “MEW-ler” and is named after a friend, Robert, of my grandfather’s contra anyone who says it is pronounced Miller or Muh-ler. (Caps for dominant syllable)

[@anderander5662]

Yawn

[@wendellmayes]

@@anderander5662 do you feel good being a prick?

[@crisremr6894]

Why Americans pronounce Spanish words as if they were in English because they're not. Guadalupe is an Hispanic and Arabic word and you should pronounce it like GuAAw-daAH-loOop- pEH, same with Del Valle that guys literally translated from Spanish to English but in that case is reasonable for the understanding. But in other cases it sound awful saying Spanish words and trying to make them like and Americans local Word

[@anderander5662]

@@crisremr6894 hamburger>>hamburguesa ??

[@crisremr6894]

@@anderander5662 Emparedado>>Sandwich Florida>>floohrihdah Los Ángeles>> los angels LA🤧 Las Vegas>>Vehgas

[@bicknell67]

Can you do a video on 300 Main a new residential skyscraper being built in downtown San Antonio?

[@urbaninternational]

Absolutely will get on that! Great suggestion

[@bicknell67]

@@urbaninternational Awesome to hear that and will look forward to seeing the video. I pass by the construction site of it everyday going to work.

[@kjhuang]

Why are we looking at Dallas at 6:02 and San Francisco at 6:05?

[@urbaninternational]

Because my editor needed b roll and that's what she found

[@isaiahmacallister7760]

That's what I said lol

[@jaya.d-gauthier1644]

Expansive skyline is a stretch lol. But being in Texas all my life, I will say the expansion has been vast and very quick. It’s definitely grown.

[@davidboudreau4054]

Meta just laid off thousands of employees. Hopefully those cuts won't affect the Austin area. But probably they will.

[@joshuakhaos4451]

I hope they do lol. I want to see this era of catering to only the wealthy/coastal elite to be brought to its knees and burned at the stake. I want to see these wealthy freaks Thanos'd into poverty since that who almost every city now exclusively caters too at the expense of natives or the normal essential locals. 10-12 years ago, they built normal apartments and homes for locals, but ever since 2013-2014. Theyve stopped that and decided to only build big extravagant luxury playgrounds for poeple on the coast or big overseas billionaires. Its time we brought this party to an end and give communities back to the people who live there and have jobs that make a city/town function, There will always be rich people and higher end living for them. But we need it to not be the ONLY Thing that gets built.

[@kingwoods4636]

All thoes nice fancy building but Roads are garbage with Potholes everywhere

[@matthewgreene4050]

They are constantly taking out things that made the area great in order to build these massive skyscrapers no one but the 1% can afford. I was born in Austin and I can barely afford to stay in it and I get paid better than most. This is sad

[@joshuakhaos4451]

We need to face the fact that cities, states and Government dont care about anyone other than the 1% that can buy these kinds of homes. That or you need to start wishing for a massive economic catastrophe that brings so much devastation that most of the wealthy that all the cities are catering too get Thanos'd into poverty. Sure you might go down too, but at least it would reset the system.

[@jarretthayman1342]

Anyone else notice some of the b-roll is from Dallas and....Dubai?

[@urbaninternational]

Yes not everything is Austin

[@bedazzledmisery6969]

6th and Guad is like right next to little Woodrow's so that's pretty much already the best. But it's actually a spot along Guad and west 6th that makes sense to put a highrise as it's already among several. Lol, eat your heart out Frost Bank Tower!

[@urbaninternational]

Love it!

[@nomadtravels99]

The American B1M, I think I’ll subscribe big fella

[@urbaninternational]

Well I greatly appreciate you for that

[@tomasdiaz1000]

Although it’s great Texas has an amazing economy, reaching “Silicon Valley” status would be an incredibly sad and troubling reality to face. Silicon Valley as well as the West Coast represents unlivable housing costs and increasingly dangerous cities that are no longer meant for working class people. We need to work hard to make our success different but I personally don’t see our local government making those proactive choices that warrant a different end-result.

[@DmitryKoroteev]

at 3:33 - Dallas skyline ..

[@gbarthg]

Waterline will be over 3 times taller than the capitol. For some information about who's funding Waterline and a little history about Austin's growth, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5u4eqBnosymqbM

[@caneyebus]

They are building it fast too. Huge notice between my visit in April and October.

[@urbaninternational]

Building fast in a bad way?

[@caneyebus]

@@urbaninternational no, just caught me off guard on how much progress they had made in 6 months.

[@angelaatwood46]

I've lived here since I was 7 or 8. I'm 50 now and could not afford to live here at all without low income housing. Also, I'm not a clone. I'm one of the last counterculture people here. I'm sad to see almost all of them go! 🙄

[@ogami1972]

same. As soon as the last kid graduates in 3 years, we are packed up and gone. I always grieve the loss of my hometown.

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

Yeah going to be hard to keep Austin weird... 😄 the thing is... counter culture is not necessarily left leaning... it used be just leave me alone and let me do me do what I do. You do you...Libertarian. I loved Austin folks back in the day, my dad was one of them (the kind that doesn't bogart that...) Outlaw country ruled! Still remember my first trip to the New Age store at 17 or 18 with my dad (yeah he was a musician) and his 20 years younger than him bride. It was far out man!

[@ogami1972]

@@qstudiomusicandproductions2695 It's not even a culture thing. You can't have a artistic city if artists can't afford to live here. We became Live Music Capital because you could work at Thundercloud and be in a band and still afford a decent apartment. If you have to work 60-80 hours a week to afford to live here, you ain't gonna be in a band. It's a moot point, this city died more than 10 years ago, it's just another shitty texas megaplex now.

[@ImYourHucklebery117]

We call it Dirty 6th st, not brcause it's dirty, but because of the night life there, music, bars and lots of entertainment

[@andrewsartduchy7721]

874 feet doesn’t classify as supertall, at least not in a world where we have several towers over 2000 feet and hundreds over a thousand.

[@kjhuang]

True. Supertall is defined as between 984 and 1969 feet tall. The video was referring to 98 Red River as supertall since it will be 1022 feet tall.

[@diegoayala7258]

We need more public transit. Screw the skyscrapers

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

Can you do a video, or can someone who knows leave a comment on the cities of Texas and what their (the states) strategies are because i find that interesting being i heard that Houston is not going to fall behind and disappear as a global energy hub as oils and gases for a large portion of the energy sector give way to renables; Houston is leading the charge for renewables and should also be a global leader in that solidifying itself as a global powerhouse for energy long term. But what are the roles for Dallas and San Antonio? i have a feeling that Dallas/Fort Worth are the banking sector for the state but as far as San Antonio I have no clue.

[@sammif23]

Who needs this?????

[@eddieledesma1828]

Lived there in 1995 and it's really grown. I should have stayed and invested in property. Love it

[@urbaninternational]

Imagine if you'd bought as many houses / condos as possible 25 years ago or even just before COVID happened

[@jakegolding8388]

Turn down the music, bro.

[@urbaninternational]

no

[@bobloblaw10001]

It's a goddamn tragedy that Austin abandoned its height limit

[@ogami1972]

Seriously, remember when you could see the tower from almost anywhere in the city? or when the moontowers were the largest things around :(

[@bobloblaw10001]

@KZbinViewer yeah the tower is nice but skyscrapers are yesterday's tomorrow. I'm sure there is lots of graft in the "density credits". Austin should upzone throughout the city especially along high streets well served by transit. Nodes and corridors of density (3-5 storys is sufficient) instead of just towers in the sky "downtown".

[@lukecontreras9010]

Great video, loved it!

[@urbaninternational]

Thank you Luke!

[@theilliad4298]

Those developers are trash! Didn’t want to add benefits to the community? Jesus! Terrible .

[@urbaninternational]

😬

[@crisremr6894]

The crap that gives you the unregulated wild capitalism and real State investments, now compare that project with one the same altitude but with friendly open areas, good distribution of attractions, only peasants or bike zones and a good integral development for more than a pricey condo but an a good amount of innovation and life to a boring and death city center, that why Europe Capitals always have more life in their cities

[@theilliad4298]

@@crisremr6894 I’m so sick of hearing about Europe . All those improvements, and they still can’t get their people to fuck and have kids. No future there

[@darkinetix]

3:28 is Dallas not Austin

[@urbaninternational]

That's true

[@caseyjones221]

3:28 is Dallas

[@urbaninternational]

That is true. Didn't realize until my editor had already finished the video.

[@joelangford7601]

This building is an aesthetic disaster for Austin. It is ugly in itself, but the real problem is that it is so out of scale with the rest of the skyline. Its great height and also its width make it completely out of scale with the other buildings. The Independent and the Austonian were nicely balanced. This monster makes everything else look small and inconsequential. This is similar to how some of the overly tall pencil buildings in New York make the rest of the wonderful buildings, e.g. the Empire State, look small. I suppose aesthetics don't matter when your goal is to make money, but this building is ugly and disruptive.

[@therealSUPERACE]

In the past 20 years I've seen homelessness and poverty skyrocket in Austin. I'm living in a trailer in the next county with my boyfriend on his parent's property because we can't afford these ridiculous, ugly "modern" apartments in HISTORIC downtown Austin. It's pathetic. It's an eyesore. It's the reason we got pushed out. I left my state and moved to austin only to see it take the same downhill path. We're running out of places to go to. I'm honestly willing to move to Houston, I'm so desperate for something affordable.

[@UtilemUnus]

I wish they had decided to put out some charging stations Incase people's phones died.and more of those nice private bathrooms outside so I can poop downtown!!!! 🤣

[@johni-db4xv]

The Capitol View Corridors are state law not local. They've been a headache for the city, University of Texas and developers for a long time. The state and city don't have a great relationship due to differing political ideologies.

[@x7rogue153]

I live in Austin all my life this is excited

[@urbaninternational]

Aye I love that!! It's such a fun city

[@tallboy9206]

can't wait until every single city in America looks the exact same and is an overpriced mess of misery

[@urbaninternational]

That won't be fun :(

[@anthonyfrancis9363]

The developer could have negotiated a luxury hotel on the top floor; just to had more buzz to the development. Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, St Regis, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental or Park Hyatt. They should add anyone of those hotels that doesn't set up shop in Austin yet. It would be a good look!!!!!

[@dilliam1702]

Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton and St Regis are actually already planned for other new towers! They are closer to the Rainey area

[@PolishBehemoth]

No. It would not.

[@anthonyfrancis9363]

@@PolishBehemoth give reason

[@andrenewcomb3708]

With all the oil they've pulled out, are there big empty spaces that could collapse?

[@Lora-Lynn]

There is no oil in the Edward's Aquifer zone along the Balcones Escarpment. All limestone, and ancient sea fossils. Oil or natural gas is east or west or south or north, but not in the Austin area.

[@Yunprek]

Why do people who have never worked in the oil Industry always say this dumb stuff, anytime oil is pulled out it is replaced with water or oil base mud, their are no “empty spaces” and the likelihood of a collapse is almost as slim as winning the lottery. Just like people who say a 1 foot wide frac hole causes earthquakes, shits blatantly dumb. We’re in america where the railroad commission doesn’t fuck around when it comes to risks to the environment or other people, you can get 25 years in prison for lying on a test sheet in the field, what makes you think they’re gonna allow massive holes to just be under millions of pounds of concrete? Let’s use our brains here

[@eden20111]

Austin TX is basically what Raccoon City could have been if the T-virus outbreak never happened

[@urbaninternational]

Raccoon city???

[@AustinDashes]

@@urbaninternational lol gotta love the internet right?? Have NO idea what this person is trying to say

[@urbaninternational]

@@AustinDashes Same I'm trying to translate

[@jiggyfun807]

Austin reminds me alot of Indianapolis. There's this critical ingredient missing and you never can put your finger on it. Move through - Not to! Long commutes kill the planet

[@bedazzledmisery6969]

It's just that we are literally on the interstate 35 highway and the in between "oasis" between San Antonio and Dallas. Literally EVERY city along the IH35 hwy from Houston through Dallas have boomed into businesses and super bustling cities from tiny little sleepy country towns. San Marcos as an example. But Austin is also the capitol. It's card to wanna hide and stay low on the radar as the place where people kinda have to constantly bring up for one reason or another eventually lol.

[@gbarthg]

Greed is the mystery ingredient. Austin was an interesting, enjoyable place to live before 1980. During the 1980's, Austin forcefully acquired surrounding villages and communities, thanks to an irresponsible city council and aggressive property developers. There are bumper stickers in Austin that read "I'm not from Austin...but I got here as fast as I could." If I had a bumper sticker on my car, it would read "My family has lived in Austin for 130 years...and I'm leaving as fast as I can."

[@nishiljaiswal2216]

@@bedazzledmisery6969 Rethink35!

[@dishsultan]

Nice video, but I cringed every time you said the word 'Guadalupe.' While you are pronouncing it the traditionally correct way, Austinites call it 'Guadaloop.'

[@rmadiller]

Correct. In English rules, the locals determine pronunciation. Austin access had a sit down with us producers to insist we pronounce it in Spanish. I speak Spanish. But I'm a former member of the English Department. I sat silent, but then I said Jesus, sorry, I gotta leave for New St. Botoloph's Town . What? They asked. Oh, sorry, the locals call it Boston. I made my point.

[@noahg4369]

The Republic & 98 Red River next :)

[@urbaninternational]

Should definitely do a video on it

[@barrypeterson9692]

The building also has a unique shape because the northeast corner of the block is a historic house that could not be developed.

[@phillygrunt2154]

Austin doesn’t deserve the skyline it’s getting.

[@urbaninternational]

Why?

[@phillygrunt2154]

@@urbaninternational bc fuck Texas. Fuck everything Southern.

[@isaiahmacallister7760]

Austin nor Dallas or Fort Worth were ready for the flock to Texas. The three cities I said were not prepared at all. It makes me a little but surprised how San Antonio and Houston were already ready for the flock to Texas. But I guess that's why Houston and San Antonio are the the two biggest cities in Texas and the cities of the future.

[@victorhl69]

Well, you're video miss to show the deadlocked traffic around the downtown at all times (i35 and mopac). You might want to mention that because of low corporate tax, property owners are facing insane tax level (up to 3.5%). The lack of transportation infrastructure in this city (no train, no bus, subway...) Also, downtown is still a flood zone. You cannot raise a family downtown because the school are horrible, and surb traffic is awefull. But yeah, the city is still better than California. Safety might be slightly better but it still a terrible design.

[@urbaninternational]

Valid points, I am not from Austin and did not know all of this

[@therealSUPERACE]

@@urbaninternational This skyscraper is a tragedy. Homelessness has gone up by 20% in the past year. Poverty has gone up by only one percent so that's... ok I guess... More Austinites are having to leave and find work and homes elsewhere because of the overdevelopment and nothing is being done about the traffic from all of the people migrating to Austin. My boyfriend and I are looking at leaving the state to find something acceptable or suck it up and move to Houston and deal with all the high crime rate and trashy low-rent low-income neighborhoods. You did an exceptional review of a cancer in our city.

[@davidboudreau4054]

My wife and I moved to Texas in the 1990's. One of the best financial decisions we ever made. If you are moving here now, you missed the boat by a few years or more....

[@cuneoism]

It's alright

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

Tis true- but the 80's were better! Hippies are awesome- libs...not so much IMHO.

[@chocolatechipslime]

My wife and I moved away from Texas 4 years ago and I wouldn’t go back

[@davidmayhew8083]

Makes Sacramento look like pohdunk.

[@SillyTube9]

Having Meta as the lone office tenant, just doomed that building to failure, because Meta is a total FAIL.

[@urbaninternational]

Uh oh

[@dylantwists]

ATX needs public transit and rail

[@kargen7957]

thats funny

[@texaswunderkind]

Austin actually has a decent bus system, but the buses are suck in the same rush-hour traffic. There is one (worthless) light rail line, but voters approved an expansion plan that will extend it to the airport, and add a second line. It is frustrating that the city will spent untold billions on toll roads, expansion of Mopac, 183, I-35, etc. but won't give drivers even a single decent alternative. Proof that the oil industry still calls the shots in the state.

[@A.M.1.]

Austin is over hyped

[@texaswunderkind]

Seriously overhyped. I hated it almost immediately. Now I am married to a Texas gal and she will never leave because her hideous mother refuses to die anywhere but Texas.

[@A.M.1.]

@@texaswunderkind that escelated quickly

[@alikrugr6176]

Should build it in Buda

[@urbaninternational]

Buda?

[@alikrugr6176]

Make that skyline really nice in that town

[@AustinDashes]

What the heck? A skyscraper in Buda? Lmao. 😂😂 God I love the comment section on this video

[@alikrugr6176]

Its a good addition

[@kenfromstreetfighter3432]

Austin fucking expensive now need to go down on price Georgetown round Rock all that

[@TuanNguyen-uq8gz]

beautiful building. Austin and Miami definitely have the best skyline in the US no doubt.

[@urbaninternational]

They sure do! Have you checked out our video on Miami's new Waldorf Astoria? Link is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faivop16iriarbs

[@crisremr6894]

Miami for sure but Austin is still far behind, downtowns like Los Ángeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle, Dallas or Houston without mentioning N.Y all have massive and iconic skylines and good designs

[@TuanNguyen-uq8gz]

@@crisremr6894 Dallas uptown is good but not its downtown tho

[@crisremr6894]

@@TuanNguyen-uq8gz yep, but in general the images of the main skyline look pretty good

[@adellis24]

Not sure what your talking about, Chicago has probably the best skyline in the world. Austin isn't even in the top 25 and if you include Canadian cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal & Calgary on the list Austin falls even further down the rankings.

[@boigwapo]

Everyone wanna come over here to Austin now 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@fudhater8592]

Except women, POC, LGBTQ,...

[@boigwapo]

Some do

[@The_Hagseed]

"If they add certain community benefits". I don't know how making Austin a more expensive city to live in is considered a benefit. Unless you're talking about making the sidewalks squishy, but really.... you shouldn't walk on homeless people.

[@evilldead6824]

349 apartments way overpriced. So much for affordable housing.

[@markanthony1004]

Damn San Antonio don't get no love lol

[@elainequeens8490]

Austin is a very dangerous city to live, there's a serious drug problem and innocent ppl are suffering, APD is no where to be find to prevent crimes. They show up after the fact to play the heroes. When you call 911 you'll get put in the que waiting for them to call you back, while you could be fighting for your life. Welcome to Austin Yall.

[@texaswunderkind]

APD might be the worst police force in the country. The union basically decides how they respond to calls, not the city. The officers make more money working as off-duty security for the big events (ACL, SXSW, Formula One, ROT Rally, etc.) that their jobs are secondary concerns. The so-called homeless crisis in Austin was mostly because the police union negotiated so they would not have to respond to homeless calls any longer, because they were tired of babysitting drugged-out, mentally ill losers pissing on sidewalks. For the typical responses of "you better not call the police if you need help, then." We have called the police, three times. Once, my wife was home with the baby, and a deranged-looking man was stumbling down the street, so she went inside and set our alarm system. A few minutes later, the alarm went off, probably because a window was not locked properly. She ran to a neighbor's house and called the police. We are still waiting for them to show up. That was in 2009. My wife's car was also totaled in a hit-and-run. She got the license plate of the vehicle that hit her. The police said "it is your word against theirs," and didn't even show up to see if she was safe, or needed traffic control to get around our disabled car. They are fucking worthless.

[@benfelps]

No. It cannot become the next Silicon Valley

[@urbaninternational]

How come?

[@alfredbautista4997]

If you’re thinking about moving out here, please don’t. You won’t like the traffic and we won’t like MORE PEOPLE adding to it.

[@urbaninternational]

Oof

[@texaswunderkind]

EVERYONE PLEASE MOVE TO AUSTIN. Keep my home's valuation going up so I can sell and GTFO.

[@johnfalcon1935]

Oh wow, a new condo most people here can’t afford! Fucking gross.

[@bonesandbells]

Not even a condo, a probably $20k-$100k/mo. apartment and you own nothing.

[@ogami1972]

These people ruined my hometown, and I will never forgive them for taking something so special and turning it in to "Houston Jr.". I hope that shitty eyesore is their tomb.

[@ricardoramos950]

Sins

[@jinxerific]

mmmmh... always the same stuff it's like a pattern... If I was an Austin resident probably, I would fight against this project. Makes Zero Sense to build up the tallest skyscraper 350 apartments and have 250.000 people living in buildings built last century. Apple and Google will move around 10.000 employees combined, Meta leased the whole 6th and Guadalupe and has 2000 employees in it. The rental market will force people out.

[@JL-lg8tk]

Developers have ruined the downtown skyline. In their zeal for the worshipful all mighty dollar they've displaced longtime residents from Rainey St. and many families from the homes they had for generations in east Austin. Longtime restaurants and bars have been closed and demolished. I understand there's going to be growth but the developers have come in and are replacing a whole population.

[@jakegolding8388]

That’s not developers fault, that’s the city’s fault. They can approve or deny any application for new construction and create rules that preserve small businesses and historical character while allowing new construction and growth. To their credit, they tried to amend the zoning in 2016/2017 with the project next which would have allowed for more medium density residential areas in more of the city and taking the burden off the downtown core but voters rejected it. Backwards thinking. When you don’t have enough areas zoned for medium density and mixed uses, the only place you can get the tall buildings is downtown. I wish it looked more cohesive but that’s what we got right now.

[@joshuakhaos4451]

I view skylines as art. A skyline should be beautiful or at least pleasing to the eye with ornate/beautifully designed buildings and some very eye catching and unique shaped buildings. However.. Nowdays they only build ugly glass buildings that look like they sketched it out in under 10 minutes. I'd actually love to see an architect today, be the radical and design an Art Deco super tall to add a bit of beauty and show some eccentricity among the low effort designs that blanket most city skylines in this country. I want to see some effort.

[@johnsizemore1666]

Too bad Meta is about to go bankrupt...

[@chelsc31]

"Gua-de-loop" not "gua-de-loop-eh"

[@urbaninternational]

Different areas pronounce it differently

[@chelsc31]

@@urbaninternational I'm telling you that's how it's pronounced in Austin

[@missaneido7417]

This is one more stupid step along the way of choking the spirit of Austin out of Austin. How tragic.

[@frostbittenwinds9703]

The day this shit spreads to RR is the day I’m outta here

[@urbaninternational]

What is rr

[@AustinDashes]

@@urbaninternational round rock

[@UtilemUnus]

Hey let's beg the Japanese for there railway technology in the city and give it too capital metro 🥰

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Lol another B1M clone doing advertising for property developers.

[@urbaninternational]

Trying my best out here

[@cleverusernamecl5532]

LOVE the B1M! How dare you?!

[@urbaninternational]

@@cleverusernamecl5532 b1m is my inspiration

[@cleverusernamecl5532]

@@urbaninternational Keep it up, great videos so far!

[@urbaninternational]

@@cleverusernamecl5532 I appreciate you!

[@lokingbob]

your starting logo looks like a mouth sticking its tongue out Btw.

[@urbaninternational]

Thanks

[@mohamadhashim9915]

You can increase your speed of speaking

[@urbaninternational]

You can watch a youtube video at 1.25x or 1.5x speed

[@itsprincejay9810]

Umm can you guys build another affordable neighborhood lmao

[@jaredalexander6600]

I blame Joe rogan

[@fluxpavalion6790]

Y’all could of used the funds to build the skyscraper for uh I don’t know better paved roads and better public education? But like go off I guess, it’s just gonna another wasted space.

[@omnipotent1992]

The tower is going be over 1000 feet tall not 800 lol.

[@urbaninternational]

Technically no: austin.towers.net/sixth-and-guadalupe-is-already-the-tallest-building-in-austin/#:~:text=It's%20no%20secret%20that%20at,a%20few%20years%2C%20of%20course. www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/sixth-guadalupe/30802 atxtoday.6amcity.com/behind-design-sixth-guadalupe-austin-tallest-tower

[@JNS512]

@@urbaninternational He is confusing this tower for the 1,022 ft Waterline which is being built by the same developers.

[@rileysandhop8308]

bruh .-.

[@urbaninternational]

bruuuh

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

Very nice! Great vid... I think a cooler name would be 6th and Gauc (guacamole) though 🙂maybe I can start the trend- lol. Our plan to attract all the wokes to one place is going well. Bru ha ha (e-vil republican laugh)

[@urbaninternational]

Ahaha I like the name 6th and guac

[@djmarie1360]

Well that sucks to hear. Why is another skyscraper going in? What’s the point? It ruins the skyline and just looks ugly. Wish we would preserve the old historic buildings in down town instead and stop going modern. Seriously. We could have looked like Europe with its beautiful stone work architecture, but noooo let’s go ugly modern and look like a joke!

[@Justkevin377]

This will make us democratic

[@urbaninternational]

How so?

[@texaswunderkind]

Austin is already a blue city in a sea of red. I doubt Texas will go blue anytime soon. Everybody assumed the Hispanic non-voters in the state would shift it blue, but in fact they are conservative when it comes to issues like abortion. They totally defied expectations when the voted in record numbers for 2020.

[@peanutposse11]

Every time he mispronounces Guadalupe take a shot.

[@urbaninternational]

Fantastic idea

[@noahg4369]

Guadalupe isn't an english name fyi, his pronunciation is actually correct.

[@psynetFM]

@@noahg4369 Yeah, we know that. The street name is pronounced differently though. Austin has a lot of streets like that.

[@Konnen-l9h]

Guadalupay sounds fun tbh 😅

[@urbaninternational]

@@Konnen-l9h 🤣