Does anyone realize yarisworld is getting 'less busy'?

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Originally Posted by yougojay

Yes, it's a sad state of affairs in this country. The furniture industries in the area here went overseas, and it killed the economy. Local grocery stores base their ordering on food stamp days (EBT Cards) which load up on the 3rd, 5th, 7th... and so on through the 15th of each month.
I stayed in Arlington, TX in 1980 - I can't imagine how much it has grown in the last 30 years.
I see a lot of new or newer cars around, there IS some money here. The weather is good to all the cars, the older ones look so good, it's hard to tell they are 20 years old or more (sometimes) Some look dated, but NO rust. I think it's the 90's cars that I think are newer.
One thing I notice is there are a lot of cars with bald tires... my gosh, baby seats in the back...whatever!
There are yearly inspections, but who knows who is paying off who. I'd rather have CHEAP new tires than some of the bald ones I've seen - I don't understand it. Most would say they are spending their money on basic needs, I think that includes alcohol, smokes & drugs for a lot of them. I guess it is like riding the Metro in DC - all sorts of people from all walks of life

Arlington..the largest city in the Mid-Cities area! I could live in some of the Mid-Cities cities or parts of Fort Worth. I wouldn't want to live closer to Dallas though in the Park Cities, Uptown, or most places in Colin County (too similar to aspects of California that I don't like).

Sad that some think of alcohol and smokes as basic needs. The alcohol part is more understandable, but....ask some people why they started smoking and they'll say 'Because my friends were doing it'. As my mother would say when i tried to pull that line with something (not smoking...I never picked up the habit)..'If your friends told you to go jump off a bridge, would you do it?'. My mother smoked, but she started trying to quit when the Surgeon General's report came out. It took her 4 years, but she did it. My dad's attitude was that life wasn't worth living without smoking . Let anyone who reads this take this as a scary warning to try to stop. My dad smoked 4 packs of unfiltered Pall Malls a day (started when he was in the Army) for over 35 years. During the last year of his life, after walking half a block he'd have to stop and rest. He died 2 days after his 62nd birthday. His grandmother (who didn't smoke) lived to be over 100 years old.

I don't understand the smoking/oarenting/bald tires scenario any better than you do.

From what I've heard, your general neck of the woods draws well heeled retirees from out of the area, so that might explain some of the money to buy new cars.