[Armybrat]

Austin was not boring for a teenager in the late ‘50s & early ‘60s.
Plenty of places to go - cruising the Pig Stand & Holiday House, girls to date (& secluded places nearby to go parking), drive-in movies, school sock hops, easy to get beer, uncrowded Barton Springs & Campbell’s Hole, packed stadiums for Friday Night football & other well-attended school sports events , rollerskate arenas ( including the former National Guard Armory that eventually became the Armadillo World Headquarters), and easy access to uncrowded lake recreation - especially if you or a friend had a Glastron ski boat.

Good times for most of us.
But for East Austinites, obviously not so much in the era of segregation- what with those disgusting whites/colored only signs in public facilities everywhere.