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    Welcome to Silicon Gulch

    Welcome to Silicon Gulch

    FromGrowth Machine

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    Welcome to Silicon Gulch

    FromGrowth Machine

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    Length:
    39 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 27, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    (Episode 5) Not that long ago, Austin’s economy was sleepy, to put it mildly. People came here for UT, to work for the state or for the military. A little more than 50 years ago, a bedsheet changed everything — including the housing market.
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    Released:
    Jul 27, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    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master plan to move Black and brown residents to one part of town, to fights over how to protect the environment, to an outdated land development code — all of these are pieces in a machine that’s engineered Austin’s housing market.