New from Austin, Tx.

[captainkirkw]

I found this forum when searching for a slide for my Sig P365 so I look forward to reading through some of the topics and hope I can lend a hand too.

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[Aero Denezol]

Welcome!

My brother lives in Austin. I have explored the Hill Country a few years ago and look forward to going back soon.

 

[captainkirkw]

Welcome!

My brother lives in Austin. I have explored the Hill Country a few years ago and look forward to going back soon.

The Hill County is nice but Austin sure isn't what it used to be. Still a fun city but so many people have moved here in the last few years and the layout and topography just don't lend themselves well to more roads without destroying what makes Austin so beautiful unfortunately. I want to move outside of Austin but prices for land are ridiculous.

It looks like you are in a pretty nice area. I have never been to Oregon but have been up in NW Cali and Washington and really enjoyed it.

 

[Aero Denezol]

^^^^The exact same thing is happening in Boise, and to a lesser extent here in the mid-Willamette Valley. Salem is full of homeless now. The whole City Council went "woke" in the last election cycle.

People destroyed the places they lived in and are moving elsewhere to destroy those places too.

 

[Xaevian]

Welcome!

 

[Nosferatu]

Send each of us a brisket and you'll be allowed to stay.

 

[DirectDrive]

Welcome !
We actually have a few (very few) authentic Texas BBQ joints up here.
Would like to visit Franklin's BBQ someday !

 

[Gunner3456]

Welcome!

 

[captainkirkw]

^^^^The exact same thing is happening in Boise, and to a lesser extent here in the mid-Willamette Valley. Salem is full of homeless now. The whole City Council went "woke" in the last election cycle.

People destroyed the places they lived in and are moving elsewhere to destroy those places too.

Yep, we never had a serious homeless problem until we unfortunately allowed our local government to get filled up with very liberal politicians. It got pretty bad but fortunately they did reinstate the public camping ban, however, so many had moved here or decided they wanted to live that lifestyle that there are still plenty here. I do feel for the truly homeless who just need some help, but I see some of the same people who have been pan handling for years and then all of the new ones who arrived and were doing it by choice are now all complaining that they have no place to go. Well, they can go back to wherever they came from or get a job and pay their way.

Anyway, I am sure we could both go on and on about this but I'll get myself all worked up again.

 

[captainkirkw]

Send each of us a brisket and you'll be allowed to stay.

Thanks. So many good bbq places around here for sure.

 

[Astoria9mm]

Welcome. We moved to NW OR. from Austin in 2019. Although I still love TX, it was becoming too much like CA.

 

[captainkirkw]

Welcome. We moved to NW OR. from Austin in 2019. Although I still love TX, it was becoming too much like CA.

I hear you. Austin is definitely not what it used to be. We want to visit Oregon at some point as we have some friends who moved there and we being up in the Washington area a few years back.

 

[Texanna]

Hey captainkirkw, I'm a new member here who used to live in Austin, left in 1989. Having an actual rush hour started to appear about that time. Used to work for UT, which now has over 100K students? How does that work? ... say hello to Texas for me .... guess the "No Vacancy" bumper stickers from the '70s didn't work.

 

[captainkirkw]

You moved away a year before I moved back as I had also lived there twice before. While you can still tell when UT students are here versus during their summer session, just due to the sheet amount of people who have moved here, the difference is not as noticeable as it used to be. And no, the bumber stickers did not work, nor did the "if we don't build it, they won't come" ideal unfortunately.

 

[Texanna]

Well it's a small world, just glad to have experienced it when I did.

 

[po18guy]

Welcome from the Land of Evil Spirits!

 

[Texanna]

Hahahah, ouch! And thank you for the welcome, most definitely watching out for the Evil Spirits out there

 

[po18guy]

Hahahah, ouch! And thank you for the welcome, most definitely watching out for the Evil Spirits out there

Keep in mind that it's those wacky evil spirits who make ghost guns.

 

[GOG]

Welcome from the great State of Jefferson.

 

[gryghin]

Welcome Aboard. Glad you found the forum.


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