Katherine Gregor at the Chronicle covered the opening of the 360 condos in downtown Austin last week. Embedded in the ogling coverage of the "thirtysomething lovelies" was this interesting fact: 75% of 360's buyers are Austin residents.
360 has 430 units, which means that Austin residents have taken around 320 of the units.
This confirms a point I have made before . It's a counter-intuitive point, I admit, but then it's usually taught only in courses on quantum mechanics --...
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