Now for those of you who don’t know me well, I grew up in a small town in New Jersey that was a rural suburb of New York City.\u00a0 My love for New York City was one I can’t begin to describe.\u00a0 My memories of the city are ones that will never leave me.\u00a0 I found my love for another city last year during my freshman year at CofC.\u00a0 The summer has really made me miss it.\u00a0 I missed it more than anything today when I was listening to one of my favorite comedians, Steven Wright, because he said,<\/p>\n
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now as funny as it was to hear, it reminded me how much I miss Charleston.\u00a0 There is something about city life to me that I can really describe well.\u00a0 I guess part of it is the fact that in Downtown I NEVER need a car.\u00a0 Anytime I want to get anywhere in East Cobb I have to jump in the car, drive a couple miles, possibly pick up other people, get there and drive back.\u00a0 In Charleston things are so much simpler with the sidewalks as our roads and our carpool lanes.\u00a0 I guess what I am saying is that suburban sprawl is getting to me.\u00a0 I look at the streets of East Cobb and wonder who zoned this place.\u00a0 The zoning wastes so much space, but I guess that is the way the mothers and fathers that raise their children in suburbia want it.\u00a0 A place where things are not close together or convenient, but a place that is “comfortable”.\u00a0 I wish things were real walking distance, because I don’t have the time nor energy to walk to work.\u00a0 I guess maybe I’m a city boy.<\/p>\n
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