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I am an Austin native, and as such, I proudly exercise my right to complain about this city nonstop. It can be hard for those of us who grew up here to be okay with how much this place has changed. When focusing on traffic and rent prices, it’s easy to spiral into despair. When this happens, I force myself to list the (handful of) ways that insane population growth has actually improved the city: there are a lot more direct flights in and out of Austin-Bergstrom. There is, without question, more diversity to our local cuisine. The larger we become as a metropolis, the better chance we have to get a Muji store, like Portland has. Those are the only pros I could come up…

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