[gnarledmaw]

Maybe in real life but not in the image people have of other states. When I travelled and people asked where I was from, if I said Milwaukee, then everyone "knew" I would get up in the morning and jump on my Harley and have a running gun nattle with gangs all the way to my job at the neer factory. If I just said Wisconsin, then everyone "knew" that I spent my days standing on a glacier with my cows fighting off grizzly nears with my broadax.

We all "know" that Texans are all fundamentalist twin six shooter cowboys who spend their spare time working on oil rigs and prepping the tornado shelter for doomsday.

So the location of the events could in theory have been chosen because its where he had a support network that also gave him cover via instilled narrative.

Then again, he was apparently unemployed, maybe that was the only couch he could still crash on.

[bagster]

Ya, but everybody “knows” that Austin is a blue dot in a red sea. Home of ANTIFAs and left wing losers of all stripes. Or do people not know that? I get you on the “common knowledge” thing. Maybe people don’t “know” about Austin.