Those who know me know I use to live here many moons ago. Twice actually 10 yrs apart.
Although it has changed and have grown sooooo much.
I Would of never ever ever thought this city would allow all the pop up tents to be everywhere in the medium between the freeway and the feeder road.
I saw a little patch of grass maybe 3 body lengths between exits have a tent a clothes line and a bq pit. HOW IS THIS ALLOWED? Is this one of the things that makes Austin weird?
It is really all over I was at the North side it was not to bad but scattered now I am on the south side it is horrible.
I am surrounded by nice hotels yet on the corner is like a camp of several families it looks like. The bridge on 71 near Ben White is covered,
The Parking Lot at the hotels are all empty on the end closest to the tents. No one wants to park near it. Each hotel has its own security walking the parking lot day and night.
BUT UGHHH.
No way in the world if I owned a million dollar property would I ever allow it that close.
My property or not I would mow it or weed eat it every day and throw all the trash away not give anyone time to set up a damn pop up tent. If it was only that but the trash that is all around most of them is UGH......
It saddens my heart also angers me.
What the hell can be done?
In Louisiana it is bad under the bridges but never near a predominant business on a piece of grass right off the damn freeway.
I was going to ask if the pop up tent villages effect if you go see a traveling person or not but as I have been traveling through out the areas North and South there is really no area that is not affected by this.
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