I had a whole section about civic pride.

Mayor ,'Chosen'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Jan 27, 2014 6:21:19 pm PST #18336 of 30000

When TAL did the series on the high school in Chicago, I went google-touristing. And so many of those blocks I traversed, yeah, they looked like these blocks of Baltimore. Not the bombed out devastation of N. Monroe and many other areas, but worn but still somewhat tended older family homes. Written off at ChIraq, or Baltimore City.

I don't even know.


javachik - Jan 27, 2014 6:22:47 pm PST #18337 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Chiming in from my beloved Oakland. I hear ya.


lisah - Jan 27, 2014 6:37:30 pm PST #18338 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Yeah, what sara said.


Steph L. - Jan 27, 2014 6:45:49 pm PST #18339 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

This city I love, so broken in ways.

My neighborhood is fighting SO HARD in the face of gangs and shootings and drug deals that take place in broad daylight. There's so much good in my neighborhood, and so much deep, systemic damage.


Lee - Jan 27, 2014 8:33:32 pm PST #18340 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

hugs her little suburban neighborhood tight

Hey, I am on vacation!


hippocampus - Jan 27, 2014 10:01:53 pm PST #18341 of 30000
not your mom's socks.

It's just depressing, you know? This city I love, so broken in ways.

It makes complete sense to me, Sarameg.


sarameg - Jan 28, 2014 12:50:30 am PST #18342 of 30000

mazda.com informs me my car is due for its 10K service.

I haven't broken 2K yet (will shortly, but...) Heh.


Kat - Jan 28, 2014 2:53:11 am PST #18343 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

My dad should be going home from the hospital. They did a cardiac inversion which seems to have gotten his heart going in a rhythm that works. It's -16 below at their house today.


Hil R. - Jan 28, 2014 3:21:16 am PST #18344 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

-1, feels like -14.


Theodosia - Jan 28, 2014 3:25:36 am PST #18345 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Oh yay, Kat!

Why Somerville, which is just as diverse (economically and culturally) and dense as you can get doesn't have these kind of problems, I have no idea, truly. I just pray that whatever "they're" doing they keep doing.