I was nowhere near as adventurous as you in Hyde Park. But last time I was there with my pal Barney, I remembered that its a great neighborhood for walking around. One of the things I liked about various points on the North side, is that one could opt to either hop transport or walk for large stretches and that there were multiple options, a choose your own adventure aspect to things that I associate with real cities, the very thing that made it easier for me to retire to my grotty little apartment, too. Its why I didn't feel trapped there.
Whereas in Nashville, I stopped going to the closest coffee shop because I was creeped out by the site of the ginormous roaches, large roach like tropical bug. A nice little spot, that reminded me a little of the Italian Bakeries in North Beach, opened up in the months before I changed neighborhoods. And I never took full advantage of the Belmont (local indie theater), a few blocks away.
Its going to be awhile longer before Nashville manages the right density of commercial/residential within neighborhoods to keep it interesting. Depending on the economy at least another 5-6, but that will depend on how willing people are to settle that close to the Cumberland. Its urban planning death by an ill-conceived highway ring, and among other things the epic dumb of stringing power lines over sidewalks, all pedestrian activity is about dodging Nashville's drivers and not getting it from the birds above.
I once walked from Alamo Square to my place on Balboa and 42, that was a hike, just a directed march, it was in the early evening - buses were going to be sparse - but the neighborhood was sufficiently residential and the Golden Gate Park was one side of it to keep it interesting and I guess, nutty enough for it to be in character for me.
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Date: 2011-06-07 03:08 pm (UTC)Whereas in Nashville, I stopped going to the closest coffee shop because I was creeped out by the site of the ginormous roaches, large roach like tropical bug. A nice little spot, that reminded me a little of the Italian Bakeries in North Beach, opened up in the months before I changed neighborhoods. And I never took full advantage of the Belmont (local indie theater), a few blocks away.
Its going to be awhile longer before Nashville manages the right density of commercial/residential within neighborhoods to keep it interesting. Depending on the economy at least another 5-6, but that will depend on how willing people are to settle that close to the Cumberland. Its urban planning death by an ill-conceived highway ring, and among other things the epic dumb of stringing power lines over sidewalks, all pedestrian activity is about dodging Nashville's drivers and not getting it from the birds above.
I once walked from Alamo Square to my place on Balboa and 42, that was a hike, just a directed march, it was in the early evening - buses were going to be sparse - but the neighborhood was sufficiently residential and the Golden Gate Park was one side of it to keep it interesting and I guess, nutty enough for it to be in character for me.