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Urban Newbies

May 19, 2006 | 9 Comments

Downtown Neighborhood AssociationWith the huge influx of folks moving back to Downtown and other urban core neighborhoods also comes a whole slew of problems. Namely, the Urban Newbie – people that have little or no experience in an urban environment.

Some are learning to parallel park their Land Rover for the first time. Others are being initiated into the ways of the crosswalk. Many spend hours scratching their heads at the bus stop. Then there are the folks that move Downtown for the nightlife and promptly start bitching about noisy bars. The newest symptom of the Urban Newbie is dog shit, and the dog owners that have never heard of the Curb Your Dog rule. Thanks to them the Central Library has had to fence a big section of lawn around their parking garage.

So, welcome to the city, newbie. As you will soon notice, there are some differences between here and whatever suburb you came from. Please take some time to learn about your new environment.

Categories: Downtown, Midtown/Plaza


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9 Comments so far

  1. ScooterJ on May 19, 2006 8:55 am

    There’s even a dog bag dispenser and waste receptable right at 10th & Baltimore. You’d think that would be a hint. (The one in the City Market has helped considerably.)

  2. ScooterJ on May 19, 2006 8:55 am

    Durr make that “receptacle”

  3. season on May 19, 2006 9:25 am

    i did notice that for a long while, though, that dog bag dispenser was empty. does anybody know who keeps track of those sort of things? …the condo building owners? …the city? it’s a great idea; i hope they keep it up and install others around downtown (and maybe midtown!) as well…

  4. Chris on May 19, 2006 2:36 pm

    When I lived on Washington in Quality Hill, my wife and I always complained about the parallel parking on Saturday night and Sundays. Seemed like the Mass-attenders at the Cathedral really struggled with proper car placement. We decided that all those JOCO cars were used to large parking lots.

  5. Hajkar on May 19, 2006 8:29 pm

    Bite the dog.

    It takes a village.

    We are you.

    You are us.

    Are you cognizant?

    *turns on the light*

  6. Hajkar on May 19, 2006 8:38 pm

    Feel free to harass me at my booth in Old OP Day. Secret Freedom will be somewhere along the downtown OP strip… 10am-3pm Sat.

  7. Tim on May 20, 2006 6:01 am

    BTW, the new brick-like crosswalks are another hint to these new people. Oh, and ALWAYS use your turn signal so pedestrians, not just drivers, know what you intend to do.

  8. nef4tt on May 22, 2006 5:54 pm

    I’m an Urban Newbie in the City Market and loving it! Moved from Waldo and brought my “common sense” with me! (go figure). I was hip to (and grateful for) bags and waste can from the Trolley Trail (I carried a grocery bags just in case there were no bags). This being said, even as a Newbie, I have two gripes… One, I pick up my BIG dog’s poop! Do “little dog” people not get that think their little dog’s poop is really shit? Two, I’m totally astounded when I see a pile one foot or less from the “receptable”, I mean, “receptacle”. That’s just lazy on soooo many levels…

  9. california transplant on May 22, 2006 10:04 pm

    What do you expect from people coming to live in a city from the middle of no-damned where?

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