compassionate conservatives

Just my two cents here on Hyde Park:

For those of you who have lived in Austin as long as I have - since
1964, you will remember that "back in the day" Hyde Park was once
considered "not a desirable" neighborhood. A friend of mine was
actually forbidden to walk through the area because of the riff-raff.
In the 60s, and maybe before, it became a UT student residential haven
because renting a small house there was cheap, easy access to UT - this

Wow, the patronizing explanations never stop in the intellectual mecca of Northfield.  Thanks so much, Sebastian.

I find this whole situation rather appalling, to be honest. Let's see. . . take a snippet of news out of context, make wild assumptions about peoples' motives without researching the actual facts of the case, and then encourage people to write letters to the government in protest. . .  and if you don't, that means you don't care about the children's safety! Give me a break.
And this isn't even in our neighborhood.

Michele Page Wrote:
>
>Hmm...I'm not sure the Hyde Park NA deserves all this criticism. Hyde
Park
>has better-maintained and more numerous sidewalks and bike lanes than
>Northfield. It might be wrong to assume the forces of xenophobia or
>paranoia are the reason for this decision. I read another post on the
>austinzoning website suggesting that the real reason is because of
>parking/egress issues.

Hmm...I'm not sure the Hyde Park NA deserves all this criticism.  Hyde Park has better-maintained and more numerous sidewalks and bike lanes than Northfield.  It might be wrong to assume the forces of xenophobia or paranoia are the reason for this decision.  I read another post on the austinzoning website suggesting that the real reason is because of parking/egress issues.  Apparently,

thanks, Sebastian, for that information & link; I've sent an email & hope they'll re-consider   you know, even with the latest scare at our house, me n Fred would never want to see access compromised in the street or the alley-   for every person with a hostile motive, there are ten legitimate & lovely people we get to know who walk/bike past our home, either by chatting or a wave/nod of the head-    a few days ago there were some high school students walking home from school and as they passed by I

Fancy rhetoric aside, this is not a smart maneuver, and I'm ashamed of
our city leaders for their lack of foresight. The residents of Hyde
Park may be xenophobic, but our city leaders should not be influenced by
their irrational paranoia. Denying access for pedestrians and cyclists
to a residential street is quite unforgivable.

When people think of pedestrians and cyclists, they often think of fit
and healthy adults, but in fact, there will be children living in this

We are NORTHFIELD Neighborhood, not North Loop Neighborhood.
Beka

Clay Crenshaw wrote:

Clay Crenshaw wrote:
> And where do you get the idea that the city doesn't have "demand for
> that many Hyde Parks"? Are you kidding me? Hyde Park is one of the most
> in-demand neighborhoods in town, largely because they have diligent and
> thoughtful about zoning.
>

I bike past 6-8 houses for sale in Hyde Park every day; 5 have been on
the market for almost a year. Given the extreme desirability of this