Posted by ConfuzyQ on June 26, 2005, at 8:10:59
In reply to reflections, posted by gardenergirl on June 26, 2005, at 0:10:06
...takes me back to how I felt when I first moved here over ten years ago... Until then I had only lived in pretty suburban towns, and had last been coming from an environment that was mostly a sprawl of new, generic-looking development... To walk these streets and realize... I. LIVE. HERE.!!!!!!!!!! The sheer exhilaration of the historic buildings, skyscrapers, crisply uniformed doormen at classic hotels and high-rise residences blowing whistles for cabs, ladies walking matching toy dogs in the sleek city parks... So so different from anything I had ever been around before (for more than a few random days on vacation somewhere). And now... I. LIVED. HERE.!!!!!!
LORD how I wish I could recapture that feeling! Now my dreams have long been straying back towards more peaceful surroundings... But noise and commotion and myriad things to look at (even on a dreary Monday afternoon) are in my blood now, so I also fear what too much quiet and a "finite urban horizon" might do to me at this point. When visiting suburbs I love it but after awhile I am also freaked out in some ways... Like that commercial where the guy is running through the streets screaming "Where IS everybody??!!" I may go into shock when it sunk in that... I. LIVE. HERE. INSTEAD. NOW.!!!!!!! ;-)
Hey GG, I forgot you were coming back the next weekend! Hope you got into some good things then too!
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