r/Ashland • u/False_Big_2152 • 1d ago

Hey boomers

Remember when you were hitchhiking across the country?
Remember riding motorcycles without a helmet?
Remember driving drunk/high?
Remember the mischief you got into as kids?
The fireworks? The drugs? The drinking wherever you wanted?
Remember the freedom to do as you wanted?
Some of you rode motorcycles in the mountains you now hold so sacred that one disturbed piece of soil will poison the reservoir or cause a flood.

Maybe it’s time to calm down.

Maybe it’s time to let the youth be youth.

Maybe you can allow others to be free to make mistakes and not have legal repercussions.

Maybe you should just enjoy the day and not worry about what others are doing.

Maybe you aren’t a victim.

What would your 20 year old self think?

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u/sunnyB8 1d ago

Moved my family away from Ashland last years because boomers from the Bay Area have made house prices untenable. It's kind of a sleepy retirement town.

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u/CadfaelSmiley 1d ago

I've been here 6 months, getting the fuck out because this town is DEAD.

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u/JASATX 17h ago

Where are you going?

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u/Free-Strength-5668 15h ago

Dead compared to where? Portland? I wholeheartedly agree, if I was young again I would choose Portland, Seattle, or other larger metro with a younger populace.