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Listen to This Podcast or We’ll Poison Barton Springs

Listen to This Podcast or We’ll Poison Barton Springs

FromGrowth Machine


Listen to This Podcast or We’ll Poison Barton Springs

FromGrowth Machine

ratings:
Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

(Episode 3) In the 1990s, Austin voters passed landmark protections for parts of southwest Austin that sit on top of the aquifer that feeds Barton Springs. That set off a chain of events that had a profound effect on how the city would grow in the coming decades.
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Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (10)

Housing prices in Austin have exploded in the past decade, leading to a city that’s not just unaffordable — but also highly segregated. None of this happened by accident. It’s the result of decades of decisions about what — if anything — gets built in Austin and where. From a master plan to move Black and brown residents to one part of town, to fights over how to protect the environment, to an outdated land development code — all of these are pieces in a machine that’s engineered Austin’s housing market.