M60601’s Reviews > Pendulum > Status Update

Ahhhhh, just stop mentioning Austin! None of the contrasting between locations works because Austin is probably even more liberal and gay than this place in Washington.

What? People wear watches even if they have cell phones. They are an accessory like anything else.

Listening to Remus's backstory, um, you know Austin is a huge city, right? Tuition is at most $5000 per semester (for Austin), so how are you $64,000 in debt for at most 5 semesters? What? What? What? It all hinges on small town privileges, ridiculous tuition, and literally no support system. Super gay liberal hipster city: Austin?

I can't tell if all the characters are just rudely stereotyping Texas, including the character from Texas, or if the author is doing it ignorantly, but I hate it. For instance, why would someone from Texas escape the cowboys and sun? Because we aren't cowboys we're normal people, the new hot football team for the state is the Texans, the sun and heat here sucks, and humidity is hell.

I'm from Austin, Texas and go to University in Texas (the University of Texas at Austin, not Austin University). The number of times Austin/Texas gets mentioned and stereotyped has already driven me crazy. For instance, Remus mentions being an anomaly in Texas because he is Roma, um, Texas is very racially diverse, especially big liberal cities like Austin. It's also super hipster and super LGBT friendly (relatively)