AUSTIN, TX (2023) "Down and Out in Austin"

The guy in the lower bunk was sobbing into his pillow. Maybe his wife left him. Or he lost his job. Or his kids. Who knows?

Austin’s not that big which is nice, it narrows your options, no need to figure out the subway system (they don’t have one) or an airport shuttle (I didn’t see one).  The way you get from the airport into town is the 20 bus.  Just that one bus.  The 20.  And it costs $1.25.  So when I landed, I went to the bus stop.

$1.25 is very reasonable except I was …