When I moved to Austin in 1984, the local population was largely "native"
Texans (that means they moved here before the Austin boom) and the metro
was about 300,000 strong. The "Welcome to Texas, now go home." bumper
stickers were everywhere. 13 years later, with population over a million in
the metro area, I understand what they were talking about.
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net
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> From: Michael D. Porter <mdporter@rt66.com>
> To: transerv@sprynet.com
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: VTR in the Southwest?
> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 1997 12:06 AM
>
> transerv@sprynet.com wrote:
> >
> > Could be because 78% of the US population still lives east of the
> > Mississippi?????
>
> Now, that could be a factor (and, yeah, fellow listers, I do know my
> geography--Ft. Worth is west of the Mississippi--but it's closer than
> Ogden, Utah, etc. <g>)
>
> > I agree that it would be nice if some of the retirees in Phoenix could
come up
> > with activities in the cooler months.
>
> I think we first need to determine if there _are_ any cooler months in
> Phoenix. <g>
>
> > We don't want to make things too inviting in the Southwest, or we'll be
even
> > more overrun with d**n yankees.
>
> And this reminds me of a bumper sticker seen in Santa Fe, NM (overrun in
> the past decade with movie stars and real-estate rich people from CA and
> the Northeast, particularly the NYC area):
>
> "Welcome to Santa Fe. Now go home." <g>
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> My other Triumph runs, but....
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