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The controversy that dominated Austin politics during the 1990s was the conflict between environmentalists, strong in the city center, and advocates of urban growth, who tend to live in the outlying areas. The city council has in the past tried to mitigate the controversy by advocating smart growth, but growth and environmental protection are still the most divisive issues in city politics. Today conservatives in Austin argue that the city's various highway traffic problems are rooted in the denial of past highway/infrastructure development by political action committees who do not support highway expansion. Environmentalists counter that their efforts contributed to the city's large green spaces, which many Austinites enjoy.
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"Austin has done it again," said Matt Spinolo, Primacy's CEO. "It's already ranked number one for relocating families. Now it seems that Austin is the best city for transferees with or without a family." ERC and Primacy produced a related survey this past May, naming the Best Cities for Relocating Families.
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Today, Austin is known as much for its cultural life as its high-tech innovations. It is ... known for the senators and schoolteachers who shaped its beginnings. The same success that has gained the city a national reputation has brought with it many difficult choices.
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Austin is considered one of the "Cities of Ideas" along with Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland. High tech knowledge-based industries such as semiconductors, software, internet, biotech, wireless, and nanotechnology make their home here. Austin based Dell Computer is recognized as the world's leading computer manufacturer.
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In the November, 1998 issue of Fortune magazine Austin is named as "The Best City for Business in North America" in its 10th annual "Best Cities for Business" ranking. The High Tech Industry has taken a strong hold in Austin and the area is now referred to as "The Silicon Hills". Some of the major players in the computer industry in Austin are: Dell Computer, IBM, Motorola, AMD and Samsung. There are ... many software companies in the region.
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In 2001, after ten years of strong appreciation, Austin's housing market so heavily favored sellers that buyers felt they had to jump on the next acceptable property that came on the market. Buyers worried they'd be priced out of the market. Then from 2001 to 2003, as in many fine cities, Austin homesellers found themselves confronted with four economic realities that affected home sales:
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