neighborhoods
Date: Jun 17th, 2008 3:21:54 am - Subscribe
i've been looking for a new place to live. i've lived west of downtown for about 6 years now, and i fear my roots have gone down more than i'm comfortable. i need a change. i really like walking to work, so i drew a circle around where i work on a map. i also wanted to be near the lake. that meant being either south of work (way too expensive - the center of downtown) or north, which is where i've been looking. it's funny how neighborhoods have certain reputations. some neighborhoods are tough. people who live there take pride in living (and perhaps surviving) there. other neighborhoods are social scenes. they are known as places to 'hook up'. there are artistic neighborhoods that go through a cycle that usually results in them being too expensive for artists to live there any more. what's the neighborhood i'm looking at? the north side of my city is where the richer folks live. not necessarily the richest, but definitely not down-and-out. if you're young there, you might be called a 'yuppie'. if you're older, i guess you'd just be called 'wealthy', though most people like that move out of town and into the northern suburbs. all i know is that i can afford an apartment there, and found a cool little studio. and i'm about a 10 minute walk from the lake, which is nice. i guess i have to decide whether labels matter much to me, or if it's just another place to call home.
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