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A Journey through Texas Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted 1822 – 1903) was an American landscape architect and journalist who was commissioned by the New York Times to travel through the American South and provide an in-depth report on his experiences. A Journey Through Texas was published in 1857 and remains a classic of antebellum s...

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The Daily Stoic

The speaker mentioned a passage in this book where Olmsted quotes someone saying Austin is too expensive, even in the 1850s, highlighting the timelessness of gentrification.

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have you read Olmsted's book uh a journey through Texas yeah that's very good book there's a there's a passage in it where he goes like he's quote someone who's like Austin's too expensive these days...

— Episode: Author Philipp Meyer on Channeling Histo...

Episode: Author Philipp Meyer on Channeling History, Philos...

The speaker mentioned a passage in this book where Olmsted quotes someone saying Austin is too expensive, even in the 1850s, highlighting the timelessness of gentrification.

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have you read Olmsted's book uh a journey through Texas yeah that's very good book there's a there's a passage in it where he goes like he's quote someone who's like Austin's too expensive these days like in the 1850s you know and you're like people just to be doing the same thing in the same places for basically thousands of years

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