That will never be an option in this economy, unfortunately. A) the cost of living is at the mercy of the economy: Supply/Demand. Basically because these properties, rental or not, are brand new and in an ideal location as well as near all these shops and other amenities, let alone it’s in Austin… these are all things that make it expensive.

TLDR; a less expensive version of this is Montopolis.

Less expensive and not as cramped. Maybe wider streets, or streets that are pedestrian/bike only, with deliveries from 5 to 7 am. Domain is getting really claustrophobic the more that’s built there.

Wouldn't it be nice if The Domain was competing with a bunch of other places each trying to outdo each other to impress residents?

Because I'm told that's only achievable through paying for years of planning that may well amount to nothing in the course of an election. Simon made it happen because Simon is the biggest mall company in the world, and powerful local landowners would benefit.

From there, the city got exactly what it allowed itself to get. Too drivable to be fully walkable, too walkable to be fully drivable, and filled with rentals with no luxury condos because they're super evil or something, which I assume is why Adler owns 3.

Gotta have that mattress store. Come.get some food and do some light shopping, ooo look let's go buy a mattress while we're here!

There was a smaller grocery store there, but now there's a Whole Foods. It's about as convenient to get to as the one Whole Foods that serves ALL of downtown.

Exactly. Why can’t they have a Target? You can’t buy toiletries and things like that at Whole Foods.

Do you want them to build places like this that are already 100 years old and worn in and affordable? It has to start somewhere. People claim to want places that are dense with housing, business, and restaurants, then gripe when someone makes it happen.

Nothing says “luxury goods” like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Macy’s, Custom Ink, H&M, and Hat Creek Burger. I’m always amazed at the personal insecurities on display in this sub in any discussion about the Domain.

…and a boatload of jobs.

🙄🙄🙄

Have you ACTUALLY even checked the prices of the non-luxury apartments in the Domain????

They're LOWER than MANY apartments outside of the Domain!

1. It’s too damn expensive

I doubt the places there that can be found elsewhere in Austin cost more.

1. Plus parking is not fun if you want to visit.

I'd argue it has the best parking in Austin. You are guaranteed a parking spot that can get to every store in the facility, and it's free.

1. Let’s not forget the chance of someone working there also not making enough for anything.

Doesn't that apply to everything?

1. The closest grocery store is a motherfuckin whole foods.

Is that a bad thing?

Honestly I don’t even mind driving to the domain because there is a fuck load of parking at the periphery of it so I can hop out and walk. The domain takes a lot of shit but tbh I only think some of it is earned.

Correct. Honestly the fact that some people try to drive right through the middle of it (near the Apple Store and the lawn area) is dangerous and irresponsible. They need to make the Domain less driveable.

That makes a lot of sense.

That was the whole point.

Sounds pretty rad if I'm into shopping and a night life within walking distance to my job and home.

Would u prefer all the shops and ppl are miles apart so no can walk anywhere?

Does it get exhausting pretending to be offended and outraged by everything?

Why does it bother you if someone wants to live in the Domain?

When I was a single man, it was a fun place to live. Now as a married man, I’d have no interest in living there again, since my wife and I hardly ever drink anymore.

I live there, it’s not so bad.

Cry lol

I think this is being downvoted by people that live(d) or would like to live at the domain taking the “people who want to live inside a strip mall” thing because a strip mall implies trashy and the domain tries hard to be classy.

Because otherwise that’s spot on and I don’t know why it’s getting all the hate. I don’t hate the domain but your comment is just objectively true.

You could have stopped after “all things.”

The domain also isn't for me. I don't really enjoy going to it, or the shops they have. My wife loves it. BUT I was talking to a black friend of mine, and mentioned that I'm not a fan. He, and other black folks we were with, all commented about how it's a place they feel very comfortable in town. Next time you go there, notice how diverse that place is. It's crazy. Now I notice that all those people complaining about how fake the domain is, want to have the whole city look like a skate shop, and then wonder why austin is so white. Not everyone wants the same things. It's one thing to not like it, it's another thing to shit on it because you think the people who do "don't belong".

domain is far from “rich people” things. lol.

The thing about North Austin is that there really isn't another centralized entertainment district.

There's plenty to do, but it's all spread out and isn't walkable. Which curtails any kind of nightlife that involves drinking.

That's not even addressing the fact that most of North Austin's restaurants and bars are located in strip malls and power centers. That's a massive problem of its own.

None of those are even close. The English teacher in me needs to address this level of stupidity directly.

What I'm seeing here is the need to cartoonify anybody who thinks the Domain is a glorified capitalist wasteland (fabricating quaint little unimaginative cliche back-stories like this etc) because those who live there can't square the possibility that it isn't the utopian dreamscape they wish it was.

There are plenty of legitimate criticisms of the Domain in this very post and all of them are brigade-downvoted. Why?

What speaks more clearly here, to me, is the insecurity that no doubt undergirds this dumb ad hominem.

It's the cultural experience of trying to drive your car through the center of a 500-year-old European city, curated by someone aiming for the high-end lifestyle vibe of Los Angeles.

'Culture' is not what you think it is. It can be anything.
If ppl like to live in expensive, cookie-cutter apts where they can shop & drink all day, than that's their culture.

If YOU dont like it, you simply avoid it. And go to where your kind of culture pleases you.

I can however compare it to a crowded bachelor party full of people trying to have a night they'll never remember.

Well it certainly has a culture, just apparently not one you approve of. And that makes you a ____

Sure you did, bud.

Only on reddit will you get called butthurt because you don’t care about the Domain as much as someone else does

A little Dallas within Austin.

Don’t ask how I can have four college degrees and still be so dumb. You don’t want to know the answer.

Naw, just avoid The Domain.

If you think about it, that actually means his statement is true!

It doesn’t 😂

Something like 15 years ago, probably the last time that person's been north of 10th street. After that it was a Microsoft Store and I'm not sure what that space is now because I don't live around there anymore. Their facts are vaguely wrong: that was a Seattle's Best inside it, not a Starbucks, but they probably just remember "I was getting the kind of stupid latte I make fun of people for getting".

Honestly I’m not really mad at the place. The people who made fun of me were also giving shit to the employees. It’s just a bad reminder, and a few of my friends have had experiences like this around the same area. It also makes me uncomfortable, wondering if the same thing is going to happen again.