From the News Democrat Leader

[Living on borrowed time]

This was in the paper and expresses the feelings of alot of us Auburn-ites.

Dear Editor
I am in the mood to express my opinion on our town after reading what someone wrote about us on a website.They appeared to be degrading our town and what we don't have to offer in this community and saying that this is not "Mayberry" and we need to "get with the times. Well, I don't want to get with the times because.....
Auburn IS a small town with a small town feel to it. Yes, we have our own set of problems brought on by the changing times, but all in all it is still a good place to call home. While I was not born and raised here, I have been here for 25 years now and I knew when I first came that I was not leaving.
It's a town where the cashiers at the Minit Mart and the Dollar Store know your name and probably more of your family business than you would really like them to.
Everyone knows your kids and their kids and who you hang out with, so as a child, you don't have much of a chance of getting into mischief without someone calling your Mama to tell her where you are.
It's where your teachers were probably also your Sunday school teachers so having to admit to a sin is doubly hard.
It's where one family comes together to feed the town at Christmas time and we help those less fortunate ANY time.
Its where Santa rides in on a fire truck, because we don't have a lot of snow and Easter eggs are hunted in the community park.
It's where half the town has served on one "board" or another because like the baptist,we have lots of meetings.
It's where you have many churches to choose from to practice your faith but if you are "unchurched" we will share ours with you and invite you to stay for the "eatin meetin" after services.
It's where the kids are told to "go home, it's getting late" by the local law enforcement.....and they do because being brought home in a cop car would make your family the talk of the town and no one wants to live through that !
It's where you can still go to Nans or the Pool Room or Cindy's for a good breakfast/lunch/dinner when Mama is just too tuckered out from a day on her feet at work to cook and you can still get a good pizza delivered or enjoy the ambiance of a fancier meal at the bed and breakfast.
It's the home of the Tractor show and the Bluegrass Jam and the Antique car show and the librarian is known by many as simply "Nana Hughes" and the local town historian used to teach all the girls to cook and sew.
It's where we gossip about each other but will fight you over family, it's where we play in the creek at the park and push the babies on the swings and still trust our neighborhood teenagers to babysit our children.
It's home...and I invite you to come visit and maybe we will wave from the front porch as you leave and holler..."Ya'll come back when you can stay longer."

[BigCity_SmallTow n_Girl]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for reminding us of what a delightful little town Auburn was...Auburn is...and hopefully, what Auburn will be in the future. I was born and raised in Auburn back in the 60's and 70's. But after graduating high school, attending Western for a short time, and having difficulty finding a job that would pay very much I decided to pack my bags and move to the Big City. Yes, the paychecks were bigger...but so was (is) the crime rate...and the taxes....and the cost of living. I now live in a place where I barely know any of my neighbors, where I have to be sure that my doors are locked 24/7, and where the "moral compass" only points in the direction of DOWNHILL. As I get older I find myself questioning why I left a community that has so many good people, good churches, and GOOD FOOD. Auburn can be proud of what it accomplished in the past, and stay the course of keeping it's Small Town Atmosphere for the present and future. Thanks Auburn for making me proud of where I came from!

Living on borrowed time wrote:

This was in the paper and expresses the feelings of alot of us Auburn-ites.
Dear Editor
I am in the mood to express my opinion on our town after reading what someone wrote about us on a website.They appeared to be degrading our town and what we don't have to offer in this community and saying that this is not "Mayberry" and we need to "get with the times. Well, I don't want to get with the times because.....
Auburn IS a small town with a small town feel to it. Yes, we have our own set of problems brought on by the changing times, but all in all it is still a good place to call home. While I was not born and raised here, I have been here for 25 years now and I knew when I first came that I was not leaving.
It's a town where the cashiers at the Minit Mart and the Dollar Store know your name and probably more of your family business than you would really like them to.
Everyone knows your kids and their kids and who you hang out with, so as a child, you don't have much of a chance of getting into mischief without someone calling your Mama to tell her where you are.
It's where your teachers were probably also your Sunday school teachers so having to admit to a sin is doubly hard.
It's where one family comes together to feed the town at Christmas time and we help those less fortunate ANY time.
Its where Santa rides in on a fire truck, because we don't have a lot of snow and Easter eggs are hunted in the community park.
It's where half the town has served on one "board" or another because like the baptist,we have lots of meetings.
It's where you have many churches to choose from to practice your faith but if you are "unchurched" we will share ours with you and invite you to stay for the "eatin meetin" after services.
It's where the kids are told to "go home, it's getting late" by the local law enforcement.....and they do because being brought home in a cop car would make your family the talk of the town and no one wants to live through that !
It's where you can still go to Nans or the Pool Room or Cindy's for a good breakfast/lunch/dinner when Mama is just too tuckered out from a day on her feet at work to cook and you can still get a good pizza delivered or enjoy the ambiance of a fancier meal at the bed and breakfast.
It's the home of the Tractor show and the Bluegrass Jam and the Antique car show and the librarian is known by many as simply "Nana Hughes" and the local town historian used to teach all the girls to cook and sew.
It's where we gossip about each other but will fight you over family, it's where we play in the creek at the park and push the babies on the swings and still trust our neighborhood teenagers to babysit our children.
It's home...and I invite you to come visit and maybe we will wave from the front porch as you leave and holler..."Ya'll come back when you can stay longer."

[tpt]

First off, let me appologize to anyone I have offended by "seemingly degrading" our precious little town. Second off, I really don't think that what I said was neccessarily "degrading" as it was to actually open up the eyes of people in this community. So many times I go out into town and talk to those cashiers that know me by first name, know my family, and my family business, and I hear "well Auburn is so much like mayberry." no it's really not. And I think that's why we "invite you to come visit and maybe we will wave from the front porch as you leave and holler..."'Ya'll come back when you can stay longer.'" Because we want people to come visit us pass on through and we'll smile and wave as we watch you shuffle right on out of town. My comments were merely to open the eyes of our community and let them know that our town is dying. We don't support the tattoo shops, but they bring revenue, we don't support the novelties, but they created a few jobs. I merely meant my comment as a "hey, It sure would be nice if I could make a decent wage in Auburn instead of haveing to drive to BG, Russellville, or Franklin. I as a matter of fact truly do love this place, if I didn't I wouldn't have served on the Fire Dept. here, nor would I be involved in the many other things in this town I'm involved in. I don't want by no means for this town to be like BG or Nashville, but if we open our eyes and look it's going to be a suburb of BG soon whether we like it or not.

[bobby guffy]

to hell with auburn

[curious]

Does anyone know what is going in where the tatoo shop closed?