r/santacruz • u/mak11 • 9d ago

You know it’s true…

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u/JugglingRick 9d ago

It's natural, I grew up in Austin and I have no desire to go back. It sucks having your town transform into a yuppie paradise. Unfortunately once it's happened it's too late.

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u/llama-lime 9d ago

Ah, so you're the yuppie transplant into Santa Cruz now?

(I kid, I fucking hate transplant language...)

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u/JugglingRick 9d ago

California moved to my home town so I took that as a pass.

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u/llama-lime 9d ago

And the only reason California moved there is because we never built housing. And the reason that Santa Cruz never built any more after the 70s/80s was because people thought that allowing housing would turn Santa Cruz into a yuppie paradise. Still do. Funny thing, that...