Is 35 too old...

[enlow.livejournal.com]

...to live in Davis Square?

The square, while my favorite place in the entire Boston area and one of my fave neighborhoods eva, is getting younger and younger. I like that there is stuff to do though, but I also like the peace and quiet...I am like Jonathan Richman; I want the city but I want the country too.

Can you all help me remember why I love my one - bedroom apartment outside Davis at a time when most people my age have kids and a picket fence and do horrible things like golf?

Or should I just shut up and stop acting like an asshat cuz I know its cool to be 35?

I am simply seeking some validation, as tomorrow is my birthday.

still, thoughts on why we love the square?


-N-Lo

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You can take the frog out of the city...

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

easily in a league coolness-wise with Williamsburg Brooklyn

Hm. I am going to hazard a guess that you've never lived in NYC?

I am often torn as to whether to refer to Somerville as a city or a town, especially when stuff happens like finding just about every damn kitchen closed after rehearsal.

*dramatic sigh* I have tasted the kanpyo and the inari, but not in Davis Square after 10pm!

Re: You can take the frog out of the city...

[enlow.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. welll I have lived in NYC. I lived there for many years. In the east village, west village and in brooklyn too. I'd say Davis ranks up there with any hood in nyc. Its one of about 2 Boston area hoods that can compete, but compete it does. easily. You have to take things being open late out of the equation if you compare anything here to there. But aside from that, Davis is great. I'm going to the east village today to stay with a friend on my birthday, and last time i was there there were too many spoiled rich wanna be hip in the east village 23 year olds which in my opinion are FAR worse than some of the nerdy, dont know better Tufts kids stumbling down the street at 1 am.

And you cant find food in Davis after 10? I am going to hazard a guess that you've never gone to Redbones?

Re: You can take the frog out of the city...

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention Redbones, as that was, in fact, where we ended up that night, running into a bunch of other people who'd been in the same boat. The paucity of dining (and most any other) options after 10pm is just one thing that happened to hit home recently.

I've lived in Davis Square for the past six years and could list plenty of great things about this town -- I just don't see the point of comparing it to NY. Aside from the early closings, the far smaller number of, and way more limited scope of eateries and shops, the limited range and timing of the T, not much theater, museums?, some big park space (locally, a lack peculiar to Somerville), etc.

But I live in Davis Square because I want what Davis has to offer. I enjoy the small scope of the place, the fact that I can keep my car without pain even if I rarely use it, walking around at night without fear, and running into people I know constantly. I like that the smallness allows me with my meager talents to still play a significant role in the local arts community when I choose to and even be in a well-attended play. To name a few.

Hey, I love Santa Cruz, too, but I don't think it's like either Somerville or NY. Whether one is just as good as the other to a particular person depends on what they are looking for, but they are different places and offer different things.

IMHO, anyway. :)

Re: You can take the frog out of the city...

[enlow.livejournal.com]

i toot dont think you should really compare davis square with nyc which in reality, is the world's capital. seriously.

But there are plenty of places to eat within a mile or two late late at night. by the way, orleans and joshua tree and rosebud serve past 10. i think diva does, though that overpriced place wont get my biznezz.

but there are like 9 parks in somerville. there is one right up hollaand ave, there is one just past ball square on broadway. there are the ones in east somerville.

I agree that places have their own unique charm, but i had to take offense earlier (not now) at what i guess i thought was that nyc snobbery that i hear from time to time. I'm actually writing this from stuvesant town in the east village by the way. but i like to defend my little burg of davis, even when i feel too old for it.

you humble opinion sounds right on. look on this sight, people will tell you where to eat and sit on the grass if you can't find what you are looking for.

Oh, and i hated being around a huge gathering of - of course - yankee fans last night. which was my birthday.

I like the professional sports team from Boston more than these yankees.

seriously, as i said to people last night...how can you root for the yankees? its like rooting for the house in black jack.

to the shower!

PS

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

For the record, my first comment was directed to the previous commenter (who is someone I know), and not specifically to you, and so was written accordingly.

Also, Happy Birthday!

Re: PS

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

But thou hast not tasted the earthworm and the prawn, the jackdaw and the camel... ;-)

Re: PS

[enlow.livejournal.com]

thanks!!! i drank too much and have to go to a wedding tonight at the tribeca grille. yay birthday! boo day after birthday.

Re: You can take the frog out of the city...

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Not lived there, but I had theatre friends who did and I used to visit a lot. They moved elsewhere about 5 years ago though and I haven't had cause to go back, so maybe the neighborhood is different now.