tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170131527241119506.post2869897071087617438..comments2023-10-29T07:50:09.335-07:00Comments on The Walking Green: Summer is Over?McEwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05107134213896350187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170131527241119506.post-6026911358959864392010-08-25T12:37:53.877-07:002010-08-25T12:37:53.877-07:00I'm with you both to a certain extent. I wish...I'm with you both to a certain extent. I wish I could just hang out in the neighborhood sometimes instead of rushing around. I also feel that in some ways the neighborhood is passing us up. Talking to new neighbors in the condos quickly opens my eyes that they have a completely different perspective on OTR.CityKinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068481950069401281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170131527241119506.post-20045407866610363132010-08-18T19:33:21.766-07:002010-08-18T19:33:21.766-07:00I think you're absolutely right about the fast...I think you're absolutely right about the fast pace of the changes in the basin. I recently finished re-reading The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, and her passages about cataclysmic change really resonated with me.<br /><br />I don't have some long-term history in Over-the-Rhine, or in Cincinnati, for that matter. I only moved here four years ago. But, I find the changes sort of alienating and can imagine that longer-term residents might find them even more so. Maybe it's because the economic reality of my life is that I really have to focus to selling our work to outlets outside this bubble in order to sustain our lives within it.<br /><br />I feel like, when I do have a moment to stop and just be in the neighborhood, I find myself so distanced from these new initiatives that they remind me of the fact that, in the long term, I don't belong here. I should find the changes exciting, but it's hard to be excited when so many of the new things seem to be clearly targeting a group that may not exclude me, but it doesn't really include me. So, I guess I'm with you on the "I can't keep up" tip.VisuaLingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940655509018040523noreply@blogger.com