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.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
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
They pay me in WOIMS
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.