Old Austin Gone Forever (Portland, Nash: city hall, home, neighborhood)

[PhinneyWalker]

I was thinking tonight about Austin the way it used to be prior to the end of the 1980s after it began to sprawl and could easily be mistaken for almost any other city of the same size in this country. I miss the old Austin. Everyone wanted to live in Austin back in the day. It had a certain je ne sais quois that was lost long ago now. Anyone know what I mean? It will never be the same. Alas, it is true; you can never go home again. {{{HEAVY SIGH}}}

[cheeva]

zzzz...

[Need4Camaro]

Austin still doesn’t remind me of many cities in the U.S. … there’s a few that it shares alittle resemblance to like Madison WI, Portland OR, and on an activity level Nashville TN, but it’s still its own thing for the most part.

[ScoPro]

“Old Austin gone forever”

I said the same thing when the hippies took over City Hall and transformed old Austin with their funky culture in the late 1960s.
I’m sure the Indigenous locals said something similar when Jacob Harrell built his log cabin by the Colorado River over 180 years ago.

[austinnerd]

Originally Posted by ScoPro

“Old Austin gone forever”

I said the same thing when the hippies took over City Hall and transformed old Austin with their funky culture in the late 1960s.
I’m sure the Indigenous locals said something similar when Jacob Harrell built his log cabin by the Colorado River over 180 years ago.

Yup, I remember when I was 30lbs lighter, and had a headful of thick hair, could recover from a weekend pickup game in less than a two weeks, and girls would smile back at me when I smiled at them (vs looking at me like an old creep), etc.

It's not so much that things change, cuz they do, it's how one handles such change. To remember wistfully those bygone days is natural, to fixate and to perceive the change as "negative" simply due to the change itself, is not a positive thing.

[Need4Camaro]

I've had grey hair since I was in my 20's so I guess not much has changed with me.

[whereiend]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Austin still doesn’t remind me of many cities in the U.S. … there’s a few that it shares alittle resemblance to like Madison WI, Portland OR, and on an activity level Nashville TN, but it’s still its own thing for the most part.

+1. The city is not static and has grown and evolved but I'm missing how it's "easily mistaken for almost any other city of the same size". I think Austin has a unique combination of attributes. Of course whether this particular combo works for you is a personal preference.

[Soviet]

I love going on http://www.historicaerials.com & seeing how the city has grown.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by Soviet

I love going on http://www.historicaerials.com & seeing how the city has grown.

I like this.

My neighborhood was a ranch about 10 years ago. Infact so were many other subdivisions near me…

[atxcio]

Yes, it’s really interesting to see how few trees there were in Austin, we feel like there is construction everywhere but at the same time the tree canopy has gotten so much bigger.