Help, please!

[hallie-mathia.livejournal.com]

Hi guys, my name is Hallie and I'm a college student at Emerson College.  I'm studying journalism, and one of my assignments this semester is to cover Davis Square -- basically, to follow and report on it through May.

I'm not from the area (I'm actually from Texas!) but I went to Davis this morning and walked around and honestly -- I fell in love.  What a great area!  I'm so excited I get to cover it!

I stumbled across this LiveJournal while doing some research, and I was wondering if any of you would be able to talk to me about Davis, what you like about it, what you as a community are doing for/with the area, etc.  I'd love any links or leads you could give me, or any stories you may want to see featured!  I'm all ears for what you guys have to say!

Thanks for reading this, and again -- any information you can give me is welcome and wonderful.  Thank you guys so much!!!  Have a great day :)

Hallie 

Comments

Re: WOW

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a book! (which would be cool).

No doubt you will find a thread or two that have particular interest for you. Personally I think an in depth piece on one aspect (economic, cultural, social) would be more interesting than a travelogue type thing ("36 Hours in Davis Square" etc.) since that has been done to death.

@Social Security, etc. I don't have any facts or insider perspective, just observing things over the years. What I meant essentially is that the presence of those venues makes for a greater class mix here day-to-day than you will find, say, in Harvard Sq. despite the degree of gentrification here over the last 10-15 years.

Re: WOW

[hallie-mathia.livejournal.com]

I agree...I'm definitely not looking to do the "36 hours" bit. I'd still love to talk to you about your observations!

Re: WOW

[ron_newman]

A few other non-gentrified places in Davis: Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, Family Dollar.