I Need To Live Where The Stars Don't Shine
Or something like that.
I spent the last weekend in D.C., well actually I was drugged and dragged into the city by a band of hooligans. But just because I was there against my will doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. We took the subway into the city in order to go to the D.C. Zoo. Or national zoo. Whatever. At least it isn't the 'National Zoo presented by Kodak' or something like that. That would have made me mad.
But after the zoo we had to walk a block or seven to get back to the subway station. (Is it just me or does it seem like the D.C. Metro Agency is trying to please everyone when they name stations? For some reason there are a lot of names for each station. It's not like '5th and Wisconson'. Nope, it actually names the local attractions, even if there are four of them. That makes each name backslashed out the wazoo. So there's a lot of writing, but I guess it makes easier to know which station to get off of. But still, that's what maps are for.)
But back to the walking to the obscenly long subway name. It was a very pretty day, and there were quite a lot of people out. And just being able to walk the street, with the wall-to-wall buildings lining the street (which I really like, I might add) and it seemed like everyone out either running, walking or eating at a local cafe. I've never been able to experience that, but of what I saw that short little walk, I liked. It was probably because I was in a ritzy area, one I wouldn't be able to afford to live in at the moment, but that's not the point.
And I don't know what the point is. But I want to be able to live in an area where I can walk to almost every place I want to go. Gotta go to class? I'ma gonna walk. Need some bread at the store? It's on the corner, I can walk there. Gonna go to the bar? That's on the other side of the city, but I can walk down to the subway station and I'll be there in ten minutes. Also, it makes for a great designated driver. Much cheaper than a cab.
And I don't know where I can live that would make for this to happen, but maybe I should check it out. I'd like to live somewhere that has a good undergraduate architecture program, at the least, and a full graduate program at the most. A city that has a decent public transportation system so I don't have to worry about driving many places and can give the car a break.
Or maybe I should just move to Istanbul. Wouldn't that be an experience in itself?
I spent the last weekend in D.C., well actually I was drugged and dragged into the city by a band of hooligans. But just because I was there against my will doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. We took the subway into the city in order to go to the D.C. Zoo. Or national zoo. Whatever. At least it isn't the 'National Zoo presented by Kodak' or something like that. That would have made me mad.
But after the zoo we had to walk a block or seven to get back to the subway station. (Is it just me or does it seem like the D.C. Metro Agency is trying to please everyone when they name stations? For some reason there are a lot of names for each station. It's not like '5th and Wisconson'. Nope, it actually names the local attractions, even if there are four of them. That makes each name backslashed out the wazoo. So there's a lot of writing, but I guess it makes easier to know which station to get off of. But still, that's what maps are for.)
But back to the walking to the obscenly long subway name. It was a very pretty day, and there were quite a lot of people out. And just being able to walk the street, with the wall-to-wall buildings lining the street (which I really like, I might add) and it seemed like everyone out either running, walking or eating at a local cafe. I've never been able to experience that, but of what I saw that short little walk, I liked. It was probably because I was in a ritzy area, one I wouldn't be able to afford to live in at the moment, but that's not the point.
And I don't know what the point is. But I want to be able to live in an area where I can walk to almost every place I want to go. Gotta go to class? I'ma gonna walk. Need some bread at the store? It's on the corner, I can walk there. Gonna go to the bar? That's on the other side of the city, but I can walk down to the subway station and I'll be there in ten minutes. Also, it makes for a great designated driver. Much cheaper than a cab.
And I don't know where I can live that would make for this to happen, but maybe I should check it out. I'd like to live somewhere that has a good undergraduate architecture program, at the least, and a full graduate program at the most. A city that has a decent public transportation system so I don't have to worry about driving many places and can give the car a break.
Or maybe I should just move to Istanbul. Wouldn't that be an experience in itself?
posted by Timchula at 19:39
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