Everyone never feels the same way about everything.
I am a life long central Texan. I tend to hang out with life long Texans, with a few others thrown in.
I was not making a joke.
When I grew up in Austin, it was under 200,000 people. My friends and I rode our bikes all over our part of town, played in the creek, stayed out till our mom's hollered to come in.
Austin now has over 2,000,000.
Austin used to be home to many local businesses, a grass roots music industry, lots of fun and funky places to go and things to do.
You now have to have a reservation to go to Hamilton Pool, and you aren't allowed to swim. Trails are closed. Guided hikes are cancelled.
Travis County Parks | Hamilton Pool Preserve
I avoid going into the central part of Austin. Traffic is a nightmare. Homeless still are an issue, but not as bad as they were before the citizens forced the city government to remove the worst encampments.
How the progressive Texas city said ‘enough’ with a bad policy on public camping.
www.nationalreview.com
Californians:
"Actually, if you look at the decade from 2010 through 2019 (the last year that Census
data is available), the number is even bigger. It shows a net number of 885,000 people moving to Texas -- about 303,000 of which were from California."
37 percent of Californians say they've seriously considered leaving because of high housing costs. Texas doesn't have that problem.
www.wfaa.com
"Don't California my Texas" is a common bumper sticker. Liberal voting has impacted local taxes to the point that I am going to have to pay over $11,000 in property taxes for the house my father built in 1957. It's a modest two bedroom, two bath home.
Illinois and New York and other deteriorating northern states have sent their families fleeing for a better place to live. Florida has lost folks to Texas over the years because of hurricanes.
Median rent in Austin is now about $1800 for an
apartment under 900 square feet. This is a hardship to folks who are waiter, hairdressers, grocery store workers, etc etc etc.
It's a source of humor, too.
texasfishingforum.com
The folks that move to Texas because it had low taxes have been integral in the tax rates going up. They pay STUPID high amounts for houses, and that makes the property taxes go up. They vote for services that won't actually benefit enough people to make it logical, and that makes the property taxes go up.
Example on stupid cash purchase:
I sold a newly remodeled house in a nice middle class neighborhood near the interstate that divides Austin north/south. The company that bought it paid $510,000 for it. They bulldozed the house. I haven't been back to look, but rumor is that they built two McMansions on it. I assume that they cut down the beautiful pecan tree in the back yard. I haven't been back to look.
I totally understand that people move to better their lives. It's just that they have a tendency to foul up the place they moved to for the folks born there.
My family always complined about Yankees, so it's in my DNA to complain that Yankees are the problem. My grandfather saw carpetbaggers personally, so it's personal. (not exactly a joke)
I am who I am. Texan by birth, a mix of southern belle, no nonsense granma, and wildcat if you threaten my family or state.
