Noise
I came home on Sunday night much to my surprise and chagrin to find that loud people had moved in downstairs from me. The previous tenants were so quiet I never even knew they'd moved out.... I literally never heard any sound coming from their apartment.
I'm really disappointed. Not only had I been enjoying the privacy and relative seclusion afforded by this place (I've lived in at least 10 places since 1996 and this was the only one -- the only one -- where I'd never heard a peep from my neighbors), I'm at a point in my life where I just want to be surrounded by other people like myself, and not people who don't realize how unacceptable it is to play loud music at 11 PM on a Wednesday.
As I discussed recently with Cleveland Bachelor, Ohio City has noticeably changed just in the last year or so that we've both lived here, and not always in a way that we like. When I look out the window, for example, and see the party bus pull up to the Bier Markt and two dozen drunk suburban bridal shower attendees spill out, I wonder why I didn't just move to the Warehouse District. At least I'd be marginally closer to work.
Maybe it's not Ohio City. Maybe it's just West 25th. In which case, I want to get off West 25th and deeper into the neighborhood, where my neighbors will at least be over 30.
I'm really disappointed. Not only had I been enjoying the privacy and relative seclusion afforded by this place (I've lived in at least 10 places since 1996 and this was the only one -- the only one -- where I'd never heard a peep from my neighbors), I'm at a point in my life where I just want to be surrounded by other people like myself, and not people who don't realize how unacceptable it is to play loud music at 11 PM on a Wednesday.
As I discussed recently with Cleveland Bachelor, Ohio City has noticeably changed just in the last year or so that we've both lived here, and not always in a way that we like. When I look out the window, for example, and see the party bus pull up to the Bier Markt and two dozen drunk suburban bridal shower attendees spill out, I wonder why I didn't just move to the Warehouse District. At least I'd be marginally closer to work.
Maybe it's not Ohio City. Maybe it's just West 25th. In which case, I want to get off West 25th and deeper into the neighborhood, where my neighbors will at least be over 30.
posted by Christine at 10:49 PM
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Brooklyn Centre...Brooklyn Centre.
I live on Lorain in the OC -- and it's a whole different kind of loud. But if you get off these major roads I think it's pretty quiet.
I live on Bridge and love it. The buses are loud but pretty infrequent. You get over onto Whitman or John or anything that way and it is very quiet.
West 25th is the place to hang out if you are not from the neighborhood. They may not be the people that end up living here, but they do add energy and cash to the neighborhood.
We looked at a house on Bridge (we've started looking at houses, btw) recently, and actually, both Whitman and John have caught my eye as particularly quiet-seeming streets.
I do agree that West 25th certainly has more energy and vitality (and cash, I guess) than it used to, but I also think, in these days of nearly $5-a-gallon gas prices, walkable neighborhoods with nice little business districts like Ohio City ought to think a little harder about whether they want to just fill up their storefronts with trendy restaurants, rather than say, places where you can buy a wrench or a can of lock-thaw or pick up a prescription. More on that to come....
There is a hardware store at W.47th and Bridge (Anthony's Hardware). That is pretty close. It is the only hardware store I know where I can also buy BBQ ribs. There is an abundance of pharmacies on Clark, and one located in Lutheran Hospital. I ride my bike to the Rite Aid at W.65th and Franklin. Christine, I did not realize that you don't know how to ride a bike. Is it too late to learn? It is a GREAT way to get around. Urban living should invlove a bicycle.
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