April 13, 2018 – Farm&City

A safer Texas, one 311 request at a time

April 13, 2018 Ashkan Jahangiri

I live and work on North Lamar between North Loop and Koenig. It’s the first place I’ve lived in Texas that enables anything close to an urban lifestyle. Meaning that I live in a nice little apartment and can easily walk to several shops and restaurants. I can bike to HEB in ten minutes, and the MetroRapid buses take me …

Housing + Transportation Affordability Across the Austin Region

April 13, 2018 Ashkan Jahangiri

While the myth of “driving til you qualify” remains strong in the media, public opinion, and public policy decisions across Texas, it’s not quite a true story for most people – if you talk about all housing options instead of simply owning a single family home. On average, living in the dense urban part of Austin costs less for both …