Bipolar Commentary

According to a The Daily Texan article, Forbes magazine had recently ranked Austin as one of the fastest growing city in the whole entire U.S. for the second time in a row.  Our rising population is predicted to attract more people and small business due to our low tax and low regulations.  But expert say that Austin would face new challenges and opportunities due to the increase of urban environment

I love the idea that Austin is growing, with new business that are coming to here. I do hope that it’s going to be more than just small businesses that are going to open in Austin. If a big corporation land their Headquarters in Austin, that means more jobs and possible tax money for the state of Texas. The thing I don’t like about the idea that Austin is growing too fast to accommodate. One of the things Austin is needs find a solution to our traffic jams. Like my previous arguments in my last couple of blogs, we need a train that connects downtown to break up the clutter. On top of that we are also at the beginning of a possible 10 year drought. What if Austin does run out of water or resources and can’t sustain a growing population? Austin might have to import it from somewhere else, thus costing the city a lot of money. We are already have -20 Billion in our biannual income, this could tack on more stress on our budget.  In the end I’m not sure how to feel about this the idea that Austin is expand. It great that Austin is growing, I just don’t like the negative effect that could happen. Then again, who knows what could happen within the next 10+ years. The concern of traffic jams could be solved by then and that we found better ways to save water so we could sustain a bigger population.