Justin Cirisoli tosses his ten gallon hat into the ring.
According to the questionnaire and the use of the key I am most likely a Garden Urb and I would consider myself to be one. I enjoy the city but I do not want to live in a downtown metropolitan area. I have always wanted to live in Texas, particularly Dallas, and now I have the opportunity to do so. I am a Garden Urb and when reading Ezell’s description of it, I knew that it was who I am. Ezell described a garden urb as “quaint, tree-lined areas, often with historic or significant residential and commercial architecture. Garden urbs are usually filled with single family homes because they were the first suburbs on the extinct city trolley lines of the late 1800s and early 1900s” (Ezell, Get Urban, 71)
Even though a part of Dallas, which is a huge city, Swiss Avenue has a small town looks to it and it is the perfect place to raise a family, which is really important to me. I want an environment where I can do anything I want and still have the safety and satisfaction of living in a city. Swiss Avenue seems the place to do this. It is located in the East Dallas neighborhood and is located ten minutes east from Main Street, Dallas which is home to wonderful restaurants, museums and other cultural locations that every city has.
Cassandra Dockray declares her affection for Boston and its Garden Urbs.
After filling out the Survey, I found that I was a garden urbanite. I am the type of person that would rather live in the suburbs. I have never lived in a city and have no desire too. If I had to live in a city, I would choose Boston. I would choose to live closer to the train station and Fenway Park. I am a huge red sox fan and I think that would be really cool to live close to the park and actually be able to see and hear the commotion going on during games.
After looking at other people’s responses, I decided that Stephen St. in Boston would be perfect for me. I love that it is located in a big city, but it has that neighborhood feeling to it. The reason why I do not like cities is because they are always very loud with many things going on. They seem to be very chaotic and that stresses me out. I would rather have a quiet neighborhood to live in and be able to go visit the city, but know that I can come home to a quiet friendly neighborhood where all my neighbors are close.
Living on Stephen Street looks like it would be a lot of fun. I really would enjoy being close to the Museum of Fine Arts because I love to look at art. I find it very interesting to see the way different artists approach different paintings. I also believe that family is very important. Even though I live in Boston, there is a train that would go right to my town. It is an easy commute back home which makes it easy to see my family.
If I had to choose a city to live in, it would definitely be Boston. Boston is a big city, but when I researched Stephen Street, I knew it would be the street for me.
Mike Swanson tiptoes up to say "How quiet you'll find St. Stephen Street (I don't know who sainted it, but someone did), but it is a very convenient address. What might make it a little less than quiet is that it's just a few blocks from Northeastern University, whose students make about as much noise as ours do, and within 10 - 15 minutes' walk are the New England Music Conservatory and Berklee School of Music...those guys and gals practice--Lots!. "
Greg Chudllzinski picks his post industrial heaven a 20 minute's walk from Cassandra's garden.
The questionnaire said that I was a post-industrialist. After looking into what that entails, I agree. If I were to live in a city I would like it would be really cool to live in a converted old factory or something like that. I would really want to have a nice view of the city sky line and roof top access would be really important to me. I picked a location in the South End of Boston. This area is the avant-garde area of the city and where post-industrialist would feel right at home. The neighborhood is one of the fastest growing areas in Boston, probably because it is now an avant-garde location. I picked the area of the South End that I did because it is also near the Back Bay and Fenway/Kenmore. I like going to the parts of Boston, mostly for music. This area is right in the heart of the city so it would be very easy to find something to keep myself entertained with.
Mike Swanson says, "Well, that's not quite close enough to borrow a cup of sugar, but it is close enough to go for a cup of tea if you get an invite. The link Greg Provided was broken so I took the liberty of plopping him down on Tremont Street, one of the two "Main Streets" of the South End. (The other is Columbus Avenue). There are converted factories in the neighborhoods here. One of the most famous projects was the Piano Craft Guild Apartments, built in the old Chickering Piano Factory. It's just a little ways further out on Tremont.
In response to the survey, I choose to reside as an Eclectic Urb! I think that it would be awesome to live in the city and I thought that Longwood Ave was the perfect spot. As much as I like the city, I would definitely not like to be directly in the middle in relation to my home, but I would like to be walking distance from things and have the ability to do many different things. I have many hobbies and interests and living here would give me the ability to partake in all of them, see the city, and have fun. I like to see the more modern buildings and the most up to date art. I am someone that continues to just keep going and never really likes to sit still so living in the city would give be great opportunity to do what I want to do. I would also like to live in a place where it is diverse and people are free to express themselves and living here would let that happen. I like that within one block from this area I can get to the “T”, have a choice of many different restaurants and all forms of entertainment! This would be the ideal location for me in that I would have everything I desire right around me and can live the city life. I like to do things and this would prove me with the entertainment and ability to see new things.
Mike Swanson, who is rather long himself, says, "Longview is a great street for being both in the middle of everything and not quite at the middle of everything. It is one of Boston's notable shortcuts. Head one way, and you're not far from Boston University and Fenway Park. Head the other, and you're not far from Northeastern University and the Museum of Fine Arts. So we wind up the recording of this exercise with three distinctly different "urbs" all in Boston, and all quite walkable from one to the other if you like to walk as much as I do).
