My little oasis in the Hill Country of TX as recent as 10 years ago was realitively quiet and unspoiled. I could drive 20 miles to town and count on one hand the number of cars we passed. Yesterday, just driving 5 miles, there was so much bumper to bumper traffic that I came home and cried. Our little rural neighborhood road is difficult to get down due to all the vehicles parked on both sides and all the new construction. This was supposed to be our last home but what used to be so peaceful and quiet has turned into Times Square. Sadly, due to all the new liberal rules and regulations placed on every little thing we’re allowed to do and not do on our own property, we’re looking to move. Problem is where is where can we live peacefully anymore.
ICE could pick up a bus load of illegals on every corner but they can’t be bothered. Ten years ago, our kid came home from school to ask why there were so many Mexicans (illegals) suddenly in school. I had students tell me all cartels back in Mexico and others who failed to see why they had to come here legally. This “crisis at the border” has been here much longer than last week.
Yep.
It seems many Texans (mostly Houston Dallas retirees) are headed to places like Tyler. Good medical setup and pretty mid-sized town. I inherited a very old historic home there (said by many to be Tyler’s oldest). Talking with people there over the last 3 years as we pick slowly on this project there are many coming there. They have IA’s but not as many.
My husband found a really good deal on raw acreage near Mount Enterprise.
Prolly not as cool as living in Hill Country (bless your heart) but it is much less populous-Lots of BAPTISTS.
So there are two things going on - as places get more densely populated, they become more regulated. Second, there's the question of where that increased population is coming from. In the case of Texas and Arizona, that increased population seems to be made up primarily of Mexicans and liberals fleeing the states/societies that they've already ruined, with absolutely no desire to change their ways once they arrive there.
My little oasis in the Hill Country of TX as recent as 10 years ago was realitively quiet and unspoiled. I could drive 20 miles to town and count on one hand the number of cars we passed. Yesterday, just driving 5 miles, there was so much bumper to bumper traffic that I came home and cried. Our little rural neighborhood road is difficult to get down due to all the vehicles parked on both sides and all the new construction. This was supposed to be our last home but what used to be so peaceful and quiet has turned into Times Square. Sadly, due to all the new liberal rules and regulations placed on every little thing we’re allowed to do and not do on our own property, we’re looking to move. Problem is where is where can we live peacefully anymore.
ICE could pick up a bus load of illegals on every corner but they can’t be bothered. Ten years ago, our kid came home from school to ask why there were so many Mexicans (illegals) suddenly in school. I had students tell me all cartels back in Mexico and others who failed to see why they had to come here legally. This “crisis at the border” has been here much longer than last week.
I feel your pain. We were lamenting the other day that the “country” we moved to 47 years ago has fallen into the hands of the developers as of about 3 years ago. It’s been nice but all good things must come to an end. There’s a store in what’s left of our little hamlet that is nothing but Hispanics and Hub has told me if I had to drive 5 miles for a loaf of bread, so be it. He went in that store a few months back on some holiday and every customer had cases of beer and lines down the aisles. God bless in what used to be our little corner of country heaven........sigh
We had a large acreage deer camp near Burnet when I was a kid
It’s still ok around there...
Northwest coast of Lake Buchanan
San Antonio and Austin suburbs are now in the Hill Country I’ve noticed