But man things were awesome in this part of the world in the late 80's early 90's. Sorry you missed it. Its like California by the time everyone heard about it unless you had a ton of money the party was over.
So where is the place right now? What little city I havent heard about is the light shining through the crack in the ceiling?
Though this post is over a year old. I'll respond anyway.
I'm living in West Campus, right where most of Slacker was filmed. You're essentially right. It's sort of bittersweet to walk by the streets and the houses that were used.
Now everything is expensive and it's all apartment complexes serving to students where nice victorian houses once stood.
Sad. :(
Detroit.
shareThe thing is, even those places weren't as good in the late 80s and early 90s as they were before then.
Slacker could have easily been made in Minneapolis Uptown neighborhood; I lived there in the late 80s and early 90s. It was kind of 'over' by then, too, as corporate chains moved in and took over everything that made it genuine, and the 'scene' that made the area matured.
Where's the place now?
You might be interested in Portland.
Youtube: Portlandia "Dream of the 90's"
Worth a laugh.
But one can argue that even Portland was much cooler back in the early '90s. That's when I started coming up but even then people were talking about how much cooler it was in the '80s! You just can't win...
shareI lived in Tempe, AZ in 1990 and Mill Ave. was like this...its not anymore...today its all sushi bars and chain restaurants.
What I also notice is all the young people that might 'hang out' in coffee houses, street corners, and chatting with each other have retreated into texting on their smart phones or posting on the internet. People just going out and meeting each other, talking...you don't see that any more. We are all connected to the grid.
This film is a time capsule.
Denver, surprisingly.
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asheville
shareBlame The University of Texas - up until the early 90's itwas possible for working class kids to go to UT. Kids who flunked out just stayed in the area and got local jobs. Now it's impossible to work your way through college at UT. Most kids come from money - so everything else went up - rent, food, etc...
shareAin't that the said truth,But Everywhere was awesome at that time I lived in (and still do) Lower Eastside Manhattan,NYC and had the same eccentric people walking around it was like a adventure walking around specially in the summer meeting *beep* peeps,intelligent,Musicians,etc all over NYC.I mean it still has crazy *beep* but things are ahit now you still find interesting people but that generation and time I lived through was the last of anything original and I teresting.....at least I think so
shareI heard the same rants about Austin when I arrive in 1985 at age 18. The “older” people I met said the best time to live in Austin was the ‘60s or ‘70s. I left Austin in ’98 and saw a great deal of changes by then but not the exponential growth that has happened since. I visit every other year and when I visit some parts of town, such as downtown and South Congress, it feels like I time traveled 50 years. I don’t know of another Austin but I’m still looking for one. A few things I enjoyed during my time is Austin: Liberty Lunch, Black Cat Lounge, Star Seeds Café, biking the greenbelt, skinny dipping at Twin and Sculptor Falls, the Wok and Roll on the Drag, ACTV shows, Oat Willies and Conan's Pizza when it was on the Drag.
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