When I lived in Austin, most folks were too busy getting high and drunk to cause a lot a trouble

[MrScorpio]

My, how things have changed.

[BlueIris]

1. Just out of curiosity, when did you live there?

:shrug:

[MrScorpio]

3. Summer 1983- Summer 1985

After that, I went to Korea

[BlueIris]

4. So you got to see it before it became...what it is today.

I'm kinda jealous...jealous.

[MrScorpio]

5. When I was there it was undergoing the massive building phase

People would tell me that Austin was growing, and I said, yeah... Growing out of control.

The traffic was horrible way back then.

[Alexander]

15. Wow, that sounds a lot like when I lived in Phoenix.

2003 - 2009.

[hobbit709]

6. A late-comer

Been keeping South Austin weird since 1974.

[MrScorpio]

8. I had more respect for you than I did the newbies

I don't know how you dealt with all that yuppie scum

[NightWatcher]

2. isnt Alex Jones based out of Austin?

I ask but I know

[NoPasaran]

21. He has one less viewer today, I would wager.

[rcrush]

7. edit:

Nevermind I thought something else happened

[MrScorpio]

9. Some asshole crashed his plane into the IRS building in Austin

Not good

[rcrush]

10. Yeah I just read about that. I've been out all day.

I'm staying the hell out of GD right now.

[Writer]

11. It was the same from 1993-1997, dude.

:hippie:

[MrCoffee]

12. Hell yes it was!

1994-1997 here!

[Writer]

13. Rrrreally?

Did you go to school there?

[MrCoffee]

14. For a little while

Then I slacked for a bit.

[Writer]

16. It's easy to slack in Austin.

In fact, I think they invented slacking.

[Skittles]

17. I was there from 76 - 93

it was great back then - now it's just a mini Dallas

[mix]

26. A good friend of mine lived there in the 70s & 80s,

he remembers it as a golden age, he has some great memories and stories of that time.

I've never been there. Dallas, Corpus, Harlingen, Laredo only.

[PfcHammer]

18. 1990-1994 then 2000-2004

Between '94 and '00 I noticed things changed big time. Traffic got out of control and the business world discovered Austin.

[GOPisEvil]

19. IRS man came from CALIFORNIA!

[EndersDame]

20. The Plane dude lived in Round Rock. It still is that way in South Austin

[NoPasaran]

22. North of Parmer Lane, but still in Austin

Of course, lots of folks consider anything north of 183 to be Dallas.

[EndersDame]

24. yep. Far North Austin and South Austin are too very different things

[Skittles]

28. north Austin sucked

south Austin was where all da cool people at

[EndersDame]

29. Fo sho!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. I have one client, and one good friend who relocated from San Jose, in Round Rock

The friend emailed me the story this morning.

[EndersDame]

25. Tell your friend to move to South Austin

It is nice and less corporate down here : ) Also we have a nice mix of hippies and homies

[texanwitch]

27. Austin 1973 to 1977, great years.

Young and living in the haunted house.

Good years.

[cherokeeprogressive]

30. Sixth Street!

Between there and The Back Door, I can't remember too many sober nights... 88-89.

[jobycom]

31. Tell that to Chuckie or Jack the Ripper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman

Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966), a student at the University of Texas at Austin, killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus. Three were killed inside the University's tower and ten killed from the 28th floor observation deck of the University's 307 foot administrative building on August 1, 1966; one died a week later from her wounds. The tower massacre happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes.

http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-austin.html

From late 1884 to late 1885, a vicious serial killer haunted the streets of Austin. Below is a list of his victims.

Victim Date
Mollie Smith Dec. 30 1884
Eliza Shelley May 6, 1885
Irene Cross May 23, 1885
Mary Ramey Aug. 29, 1885
Gracie Vance Sept. 27, 1885
Orange Washington Sept. 27, 1885
Susan Hancock Dec. 24 1885
Eula Phillips Dec. 24 1885

[applegrove]

32. They say that about British Columbia, specifically Nelson BC. People are too mellowed

out on pot to commit any other crimes.