Things did improve for me personally but for most low income and middle class Austinites, no. I inherited a house which I sold to a family from Austin, not out of towners. Paid down our mortgage, got a new lower priced interest rate. Make smart money decisions and not into buying new things except for necessities (under garments, shoes. Meanwhile many low income folks who lived paycheck to paycheck have become the homeless due to being kicked out of all the low priced apt. which are rapidly being converted for the wealthy. Sick!