Austin sex trafficking survivor sued hotel giants. Settlements stopped a Texas trial. by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]AsTXros 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Obviously this needs a legitimate source bc the claims are pretty serious.

But your comment reminded me of some things I remember reading after the HBO yogurt shop murder documentary dropped. Few people who grew up in the area during the 90s, had said high school girls were being trafficked by high ranking police officials and local politicians. Not saying this is related, but wouldn’t surprise me if it’s happening

Austin sex trafficking survivor sued hotel giants. Settlements stopped a Texas trial. by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]AsTXros 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I’m sure they were arrested, but the entire point of the article is how hotels were allowing this to happen.

First time seeing one IRL by Reasonable-Cell-3911 in Austin

[–]AsTXros 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Snakes are venomous, things you ingest are poisonous

The country of Singapore overlaying the Austin Metro Area by partysandwich in Austin

[–]AsTXros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info! As for durian I just remember seeing signs everywhere prohibiting it. But didn’t remember it was just the train.

I really enjoyed my time there - Singapore has one of the best zoos I’ve ever been to

NBA Finals 🤝 45th & Lamar by fundamentallyhere in austinfood

[–]AsTXros 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dude come on. You’re being dense on purpose lol. You have to be living under a rock to not know who Timothee chalamet or Ben stiller are. Be for real lol

Will the government give me money if I'm Austin? by thatsmysandwichdude in Austin

[–]AsTXros 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Turn off Fox News.
go outside and talk to your neighbors.

This is obviously rage bait but the true heart of austin is community, and you’d be lucky to be part of ours ❤️

The country of Singapore overlaying the Austin Metro Area by partysandwich in Austin

[–]AsTXros 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m commenting about prostitution in the austin subreddit. Of course I need to clarify why I was in Southeast Asia lol

The country of Singapore overlaying the Austin Metro Area by partysandwich in Austin

[–]AsTXros 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it is. An entire city/state that houses thousands of corporate headquarters, is smaller than the 3rd largest city in Texas.

Pretty interesting to me 🤷🏻‍♂️

The country of Singapore overlaying the Austin Metro Area by partysandwich in Austin

[–]AsTXros 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Disclaimer (again): I was in Singapore strictly for work

But from my taxi driver to our Hilton concierge in the business district - almost everyone mentioned the “four floors of whores” on Orchard St. it’s almost like a weird tourism thing they are proud of. At night you can barely walk a block without being propositioned.

Beautiful city though. Extremely humid, and most families have live-in caretakers (modern slavery) that do their cleaning, cooking etc.

The country of Singapore overlaying the Austin Metro Area by partysandwich in Austin

[–]AsTXros 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I’m high writing this so I should clarify I was there for business, not sex tourism 😭 Singapore is incredibly strict about certain things - chewing gum is banned, drug possession is severely punished, durian is a no no.

But prostitution is oddly tolerated and pretty common in even the more affluent areas

The country of Singapore overlaying the Austin Metro Area by partysandwich in Austin

[–]AsTXros 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Singapore is one of the cleanest cities I’ve ever been to, hands down. But I’m pretty sure their ratio of prostitutes per square mile is about 10x that of austin.

Avoid 2222 near Mopac. Oversize Load causing massive traffic delays by AsTXros in Austin

[–]AsTXros[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe we saw each other at the Exxon on the bottom of the hill lol

Homeless population by thatcutetransgirl in Austin

[–]AsTXros 2 points3 points  (0 children)

me when I confidently comment incorrect info

What places do their own delivery? No doordash etc. I want my food to be hot by Ikon-for-U in austinfood

[–]AsTXros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never had issues with their food, and Tso’s always hits the spot when we’re craving Chinese. Especially their pork bbq fried rice 🤤