And what's so funny to me is that you as a gay man are so bitter that you seem to look forward to the demise of neighborhood that you patronized when you were younger.
Bitter?
- that after being away from Texas for 17 years, I return to find I-35 still under construction at Hillsboro... Yes.
- that Kincaids went chain... For sure.
- that I can't find a decent dress shirt that will survive more than 3 trips to the dry cleaners... Uh, huh.
- that my own bank now charges me $1.25 per ATM transaction to help cover for their subprime mortgage losses. Heck yeah!
- that Marie Osmond was eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars..." Maybe.
- that I'm getting older... Nope, not at all. For me, life only gets better. (Perhaps not for Marie...)
Am I heartened that society has progressed to a point that gay men and women no longer feel the need to be segregated... Absolutely!
To me, the evolution of Oak Lawn and other gay nabes around the country (I've lived in a few), and that even Fort Worth is becoming a more open place, is a positive thing and a sign of some hard won progress. That's all I'm sayin'...
(And to those who may be offended that I did not incorporate multiple "smilies" to emphasize my points and therefore may feel compelled to attack me personally, I offer my sincere regrets....)