Cigar shop says homelessness, other downtown problems forced it to close

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 21 years of operating their location on East Sixth Street off of Neches Street, Bobalu Cigar Co. has decided to shut its doors, moving everything to their north Austin location on Burnet Road.
While there were a number of factors– increasing rent, lack of parking, lack of sanitation– that drove Bobalu president Jeff Lipton to this decision, he said the main reason he left comes down to one major issue.
“The problem is that you have the massive amount