Austin becoming SanFran lite

Hoji · Jun 29, 2019

easy rider said:
Most of the homeless are addicts and the mentally ill, what kind of workforce would that be?

TSA

Dawico · Jun 29, 2019

HKShooter65 said:
I sure do.
Austin has awesome perks. Food, culture, music, sights and experiences. Good life in general.
I delight in visiting Austin.

Just bought ACL Music Fest tickets. Second weekend.

Will be my 15th year to go to ACL Fest.
It's a "thing" I dearly love to do with my daughter since she was in grade school.
I think I've seen over 1,000 bands there!!!

While you guys are wallowing in your negative sentiments I'll be reveling in music and drinking marvelous beer in Zilker!

Yet again.....my glass is 100% full.

HKS
Going to sight in my new ACC 5.56 AR tomorrow afternoon.

Well of course you love Austin. Not really a surprise.

para_bellum · Jun 30, 2019

Watched "Seattle is dying" on Netflix, a documentary about their homeless problem. Every big city in the US is likely to become like this, liberalism tends to fester in the larger population centers.

Find it here:

In Providence RI they supposedly have a good program going. They provide free antidotes to drug users.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/25/rhode-island-opioids-inmates-219594

One solution would be to gather up all the homeless and have them work on The Wall ;-)

Aus_Schwaben · Jun 30, 2019

rmantoo said:
I lived in Austin from 1995 to 2001. Loved it, but even then, the homeless population was sad.

We used to play pool at Buffalo Billiards until late, every Thursday night, and then hit Jack n The Box or Whataburger on Lamar or Congress afterwards. 3 in 4 nights/mornings, somebody would walk up to you when waiting in the drive thru line, and say, "Can you spare a few bucks for some food?"

Every single time that happened, I responded with, "Sure, tell me what you want and I'll order it and take care of it for you." Sometimes I'd add that I'd get something for their friends or their dog, if they had one... In almost 6 years, way more than 100 times, exactly 3 people took me up on it... most simply wanted money for whatever, but not food.

I did offer to buy food for panhandlers (in lieu of cash) in Washington, DC, (1993-2001). No one there ever took me up on it.

AustinN4 · Jun 30, 2019

para_bellum said:
Watched "Seattle is dying" on Netflix, a documentary about their homeless problem.

Must be streaming only as I looked for the DVD and could not find it on Netflix.

easy rider · Jun 30, 2019

AustinN4 said:
Must be streaming only as I looked for the DVD and could not find it on Netflix.

It was put out by the local news station in Seattle, I posted it when it first came out.

DoubleDuty · Jun 30, 2019

Those dopes running those cities have no common sense.

jbgramps · Jul 11, 2019

I think most homeless these days are drunks, drug addicts, mentally ill or socially unfit. These people can't function in normal society. They won't accept any help that will interfere with their addictions. Most won't accept any help beyond a free meal. With the exception of the mentally ill I could care less about their welfare.

Now before you get bent out of shape because I'm bashing the homeless; I understand there are homeless who are just down on their luck and just need a helping hand to get back on track. Most of these people will work their way out of homeless. But these folks are a small percentage of today's homeless.

I've lived in Austin since 1991. I moved here from San Francisco. I'm a native Texan and couldn't stand political and social environment in SF any longer. I've been in denial about what's happening in Austin for years. But it really is turning into a mini San Francisco. Maybe it's time to check out Waco.

easy rider · Jul 11, 2019

I'm all for hand ups, but against hand outs as far as tax dollars go.

rmantoo · Jul 11, 2019

jbgramps said:
I've lived in Austin since 1991. I moved here from San Francisco. I'm a native Texan and couldn't stand political and social environment in SF any longer. I've been in denial about what's happening in Austin for years. But it really is turning into a mini San Francisco. Maybe it's time to check out Waco.

Too bad it's not time (for all Texans) to make a stand instead of continuing to avoid the problem. Unfortunately, I honestly think it's too late: We haven't lost the country, yet, but we're not far from all of it looking like SF and Austin.

Brojon · Oct 20, 2019

The biggest problem is people are too willing to believe Adler's BS.
He was quoted in teh paper teh other day as saying "he'd been approached by a dozen or so women who told me they feel safer being allowed to camp downtown with people around".
Now honestly - can you see Adler in a position to be approached by homeless women? lol, what was he doing - trolling Rutland for a "date"?

LTEC077 · Nov 26, 2019

Unfortunately Austin is going downhill fast... not as fast as California fast... In-N-Out fast...

IMPD2079 · Apr 2, 2020

sucker76 said:
Mark this date down folks and place your bets. How long will it take Austin to look like LA or San Fran? I'll shoot from the hip and say zero to people pooping on the sidewalk shithole in one year.

Don't Californicate Texas

Mills · Apr 3, 2020

It started back in the hippie 60s when the UT students were allowed to vote in local elections.

TxBigfoot · Apr 3, 2020

My wife, who had never been to 6th street wanted to stop and shop there. I warned her before we stopped. She was in shock at the crazy homeless people and their camps. She doesn't want to ever stop there again lol.

Armybrat · Apr 3, 2020

What Mills said. And Jeff Friedman was elected mayor.

Petetothemax · Apr 4, 2020

TxBigfoot said:
My wife, who had never been to 6th street wanted to stop and shop there. I warned her before we stopped. She was in shock at the crazy homeless people and their camps. She doesn't want to ever stop there again lol.

There aren't even camps on 6th street. Hahahahahahaha. Not where the shops are anyway. The camps are further east under the bridge. Also, "shop" on dirty 6th? For Monster Energy and cheap t-shirts? Sorry if I sound like a jerk but I think people are jumping on the bandwagon a bit with out actually experiencing what they're discussing.

I work on 6th street. Well, I used to anyway before shelter in place and I can tell you that I walk from 6th and Congress to Easy Tiger which is almost to 35 and there is not a single camp. Homeless people? Sure. But not a single camp.

BRD@66 · Apr 4, 2020

Axxe55 · Apr 4, 2020

Coyote Ugly saloon was interesting.

Petetothemax · Apr 4, 2020

Axxe55 said:
Coyote Ugly saloon was interesting.

hahahahahahah

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