I like my neighborhood well enough!! It's mostly residential but I can get to a ton of restaurants and town buildings within 30 mins walking. I mostly just love my town; it's incredibly diverse and multicultural and I always feel so lucky that I grew up here.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
zuisa - Oct 08, 2010 12:26:22 pm PDT #28431 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2010 12:37:06 pm PDT #28432 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
I'm pretty fond of our current neighborhood. Bungalow Heaven in Pasadena.
Here's a link about it:
Tom Scola - Oct 08, 2010 12:45:46 pm PDT #28433 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Where I live in Brooklyn, I'm in a ten block radius of the post office (w/ extended hours), bank, library, supermarket, Trader Joe's, several parks, five subway lines, a hospital, a Barnes and Noble, a multiplex and a smaller independent movie house, and a whole bunch of restaurants and bars.
Jesse - Oct 08, 2010 1:11:41 pm PDT #28434 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have all that! Except the movies are a little farther. Also two malls.
Farther, not father. Further?
Liese S. - Oct 08, 2010 1:13:27 pm PDT #28435 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Kathy A - Oct 08, 2010 1:24:45 pm PDT #28436 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Being in the suburbs would normally mean little diversity and nothing within walking distance (at least, that's what it meant when I was growing up). My town still isn't the easiest to get to on foot, but my apartment complex is about a mile from the library, a Walgreens, and a not-too-horrible supermarket.
If I get in my car and drive ten minutes, I can get to four other supermarkets, restaurants including fancy Italian and French, Thai, Uzbek, Indian, and a great Mediterranean local chain spot with homemade pita bread, hummus, and baklava (gotta love Pita Inn!), a Barnes & Noble, Trader Joes, and tons of strip malls.
As for diversity, I've said it here before--my apartment building alone has representatives from five continents. When I go swimming in my complex pool in the summer, I'll hear everything from Russian to Arabic to Senegalese.
msbelle - Oct 08, 2010 1:28:58 pm PDT #28437 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have a car.
carry on.
shrift - Oct 08, 2010 1:29:26 pm PDT #28438 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My neighborhood had (hell, probably still has) a gang that named themselves the Taliband.
Oh, aren't they precious? We've got the Vice Lords, the Latin Kings, the Gangsta Disciples, the Black P Stones.
megan walker - Oct 08, 2010 1:33:19 pm PDT #28439 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Farther, not father. Further?
Physical distance is farther.
Jesse - Oct 08, 2010 1:33:58 pm PDT #28440 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Phew. At least I typoed the right word.