I wanted to give an update on this. The kid who got beat was beat on late Friday/early Saturday. He was wearing an Orange shirt also and they're thinking it's gang related as well. He's up from his coma and can't even remember his password to his phone. I'm going up tomorrow to check on him and will let y'all know anything else if you want.
From what I can gather, 2 hispanics got out of a grey/silver honda, said "what did you say?", then one hit the guy straight in the face, his head hit curb. Hopefully there's one of the many cameras around there that caught the license plate, either that or one of these idiot/scumbags will brag and talk and they'll get turned in eventually.
Its gang initiation week in Austin. Either that or its coincidentally a large amount of gang-related activity going on right now for some reason. In either case the streets of Austin have not been safe recently.
Austin used to be cool in the 80s. Then it got overgrown. Then Houston's traffic arrived. But worse since Austin won't build roads. Then Dallas' douchbag crowd arrived. Now big-city gangs and crime are there? jumped the shark years ago
Yes, 6th downtown did. Glad you're not still 22 and somehow know better. Don't understand why APD doesn't seriously ramp up the police presence there on the weekends, Bourbon St style.
I've never felt unsafe on Sixth Street, or much less anywhere in Austin. One time I walked home all the way from Zilker Park to my dorm on campus at 2 AM in the morning. Looking back now I guess it was really dumb. It was okay in the downtown area since there were still some people on the streets, but once I got past that I reached a point where I was the only person on the road in the dark.
it's gotten way too busy on the weekend everywhere during a game weekend. even a massive line at rudys bbq.
Seems like every time I'm in Austin, there is more traffic, more freeways and more strip centers since the last time. Ironically, those are the very things Austinites like to criticize Houston for.
I criticize H Town for the sprawl. Austin is getting more crammed, but it doesn't have the massive sprawl as Houston (depends on what you say is "Houston" like people in Jersey Village or Woodlands or Sugarland etc = not Houston to me)
I'm so glad I work from home now. I like the fact that there is more to do and more place to eat now, but infrastructure wasn't made to handle this many people. The hipster crowd also sucks. Waiting in line and hanging out in crowds isn't my idea of a good time.
I always criticize Austin for its awful traffic. Highways and infrastructure are horrible. For a city it's size, it shouldn't have traffic comparable or worse than Houston.
I was going to say the same. Austin is definitely starting to spread. Austin would probably have full blown suburban mayhem if it didn't have such a terrible system of roads and highways.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...terback-texas-longhorns-kansas-state-wildcats Quarterback David Ash, who suffered a concussion two weeks ago, will start against Kansas State on Saturday after team doctors cleared him, the school announced Friday.
Tons of K-State tickets available for ... $10. http://www.stubhub.com/university-of-texas-football-tickets/texas-vs-kansas-state-9-21-2013-4183300/
