Category: Let's talk
Hey all. I'm just curious on people's thoughts on where they currently live. we can discuss bus systems, taxies, or whatever you want.
also we can give recommendations encase people are thinking about moving to where you live.
ok, time to start with me.
As for now, i live in palm bay florida witch sucks ass. no taxies. yes we have a bus system but you have to drive to the stops. the nearest taxi is in melbourne witch is far from some spots in palm bay.
but, i'm hoping to move to altamonte springs witch is just north of orlando. they have good bus systems, they have side walks witch most of palm bay doesn't have and they have taxies. but if you want to get some places you have to cross major roads.
the reason palm bay is like that because palm bay is developing.
Ok, all time to hear what you have to say.
you can talk about what ever you want but i'm just curious to see how visually impaired people cope with where they live and how they like it.
even sited people can talk about it as well.
Ok all have fun.
The village in which I live is quite good. I am right near to all of the shops, and a doctors even though I never get ill. The road isn't good, traffic comes from four directions. Unfortunately most shops are on the other side of the road to where I live. The block of flats is quiet, most people keep themselves to themselves. There is hardly ever any trouble outside. Where I live isn't near to town so taxies can be expensive. The town itself isn't brilliant, though there's a good supermarket and a good clothes shop there. However, I'm between three bigger areas all of which can be reached within half an hour in a car so that is good.
I currently live in Madison Wisconsin, and overall I like it here. The public transport, though certainly not perfect, is much better than some other places I've lived. The people are nice here, and you get a lot of the bigger city nice things but it's not too big. (though I'll take a big city over a little town any day.) About the only thing I really don't like here is the weather during the winter. It gets a bit too cold for my taste.
Well, let's see, I live in a nice, quiet and safe neighborhood, but I describe it this way because, compared with the hell-hole I lived in several months ago, it is paradise, absolute paradise! Put it this way: Conditions in this neighborhood will not bring about a psychotic serial killer, but in my former neighborhood, yes, the chances of joining the ranks of the criminally insane are higher, much higher than they are here.
For example, Instead of waking up in the middle of the night to an all-out duel between two rival gangs, here you are woken up by neighbors having sex (yes, it's disgusting I know but at least they're not killing each other, right?). This ought to be an example sufficient enough to help you understand the differences. Or maybe if that example didn't help at all I then should mention something about the many half-way houses in my old neighborhood where children innocently play on the lawns and who are at times joined by the probationers in a game of hopscotch. But no, better not; it wil take up too much of my precious time spent here on the fantastic zone.
Okay, now on to the next point. Transportation is great, but compared with my former neighborhood, a rapist would have better chances of escaping authorities by public bus or taxi because on nearly every corner there is a bus stop, and at all hours of the night there are at least two taxis within a one mile radius, but no patrol cars! There not even the criminals are in a hurry! Pretty awesome, huh? Buses run almost every fifteen minutes too, so you can easily plan a heist or a bank robbery and slip away by these different modes of transportation unseen . Here, however, we have public buses, taxis (not bandit drivers), Amtrak and Metrolink, shuttles to drive you to and from the airport, Access for the disabled, many highways, and the streets are very clean too, very clean too! Can you believe that! Oh, and before I forget, I haven't been assaulted yet on the buses here in my new neighborhood; so this ought to encourage you a little if you're thinking of moving here. Everything here, machines and human beings, seem to operate in a methodical and chronological fashion. Oh, something else I must mention before it slips away: in my old neighborhood one of the good things is that if you are ever victimized (chances are you will be) or in an accident there are plenty of ambulances to get you to the nearest hospital, plenty of them but, although they are capable of getting you there before you croak and die, they cannot, and I repeat, they cannot do a single thing about the crowded and usually unsafe emergency rooms. Plenty of wheel-beds and wheel-chairs though to shoot you through millions of zig zagging hallways into the waiting arms of a haggard trauma team.
Now about being blind or visually impaired in this neighborhood. Well, I consider it a safe enough place to walk around with your cane in plain view because here people are civilized. Not in my old neighborhood though; if you are unlucky walking along a street crowded with children, then most likely their parents will encourage them to throw things at you or yell "watch out, there's a hole right in front of you!" But here where I am now, in this lovely paradise, not even the dogs bark at you when you walk by, it is as if they understand your predicament.
The streets are nice and levelled, and the tip of your cane will not come into contact with a used diaper or condom, a condom being chewed up by ants like it happened to me so many times in my old neighborhood. And city maintenance actually trims trees and palm trees so that you don't get your face scratched (or if you're female, your make up ruined) by overhangnging bony branches, or struck down by a falling palm leaf.
About the grocery stores and malls there is not much I can say other than they are very nearby; a stone's throw away from bus stops and freeway exits, but if you want to shop at some place like an adult video store or pay for a prostitute, then you're better off being driven for ten minutes down to where I used to live; there you can find anything your little hel-bound heart desires. Liquor stores and bars, restaurants and coffee shops are available here where I now am but it will cost you a five minute drive; if you are in my old neighborhood though you can walk to a bar or if you're lucky one will be located right next door to you.
Colleges and universities are all over the place, and you don't need to pay extra money to get there. A monthly pass for the public bus would only cost you about fifteen bucks, so don't be an idiot by paying more; besides, it's nothing like the rides are in my old neighborhood, here if a kind-hearted passenger doesn't offer you their seat then that's because there is already one empty and waiting for your buns to warm it up.
Well, hopefully I've described my neighborhood in a way that will make you want to move here. Come on down, I look forward to seeing you around my little wandering friend.
By the way, in case you're wondering where it is that I live, then take a quick look at my profile. Thank you.
I live in a quiet neighborhood. Not much going on. It's so calm and peaceful, but that it's irritating sometimes cause everything is so far away. No stores, train stations, or bus stations near by, so everyone needs a car to get by. It sucks cause it's easier to commute.
Same here. I live in a similar sort of place, Farnham in Surrey, England UK. I still live at home with my mum, who likes the peace, the quiet, no main road traffic noise or anything, even though we live just off the main road on the corner of a fairly small side road near the top of a hill. That's possibly why we don't get many buses stopping at the bus stop in the next street, lollol. There are taxis, but where the hell am I supposed to go that wouldn't cost me £20 each way just to find something to do? OK, if I went in to town, there are two Sainsbury's supermarkets, a big one and a mnini one, there's a mini Tesco supermarket that opened only last year, roughly 20 minutes walk from my house, but the route's incredibly tricky, so I just find it much, much easier to commute in to town with mum or my Grandparents if and when I need anything from town. Our town centre is the most user-unfriendly place I've ever visited in my life. There's hardly any room to physically move round the shops or on the pavements as every other person you pass is pushing an over-large pram or pushchair, so it's just so non-negociable if you're just a long cane user like me, so I've never attempted to get round town on my own. there's a very nice chip shop, a couple of pizzaplaces and Argos. We don't have Dixons, HMV, PC World, a decent Accessorise or any of the shops I like to frequent with the plastic, so all in all, the sooner I can up sticks and get the hell out, the better, lollol.
Jen.
I live in a small community about a 45 minute drive from the nearest city (or an could be more or les, depending on what kind of person is driving...). Population is around 250, no buses, no taxies, no sidewalks, infact, there's only one section of paved road in the whole area, but that's no matter, there's only one small shop anyways, which is actually just a portion of someone's house converted.
Despite that, I really do like it here. No polution, you don't see a stranger that often, you don't really have to worry about traffic, and you have all the privacy in the world.
Downsides would be the bears, bugs, lack of commercial entertainment, lack of unique land marks (rocks and trees, anyone? ...And water... and 3-foot ditches).
But to get away from that, you just catch a ride with someone to town, and you've got your cement, sidewalks, malls, theatres, wal*mart, restaurants, colleges, universities, etc.. So it's all good.
interesting. decided to brign this one back. as it stands, altamonte is in the future. yayayayayayy to me.
I like my host family very much. I'm ready to get my own place though, and move out of band housing.
I live in Upwood near Ramsey in Cambridgeshire, which is a fairly small village. We live opposite a school and there are quite a few children on our row who go to that primary school. I find where we liv quite boring, because I don't get to do very much. To get to the bus stop, you have to walk for ages, then you might as well drive into town. In Ramsey, there are a couple of cafaes and bakeries, a Summerfields and Rainbow. There's a couple of pubs and the bookies, too. That's about all, really, but there isn't anywhere within walking distance where I can go xcept to someone's house, if I can be bothered.
I live in Columbus Ohio. I moved here in 2004. Where I live now I live by myself and I love it! I have lots of friends who drive me around and there's bussing if I need it. I wish I lived closer to work but I don't want to move closer because all of my friends are in my area.
Troy
I live in New York City, Manhattan to be specific.
In most parts of Manhattan the streets are numbered sequentially and run from east to west; the avenues frun north and south. In Greenwich Village and below it, the streets aren't in the grid I described. they and run on angles and have names that can be interrupted by other streets and then appear again. Transportation is excellent and runs 24 hours. We have a very large subway sstem and bus system.
Manhattan has gotten very very crowded. It is difficult to walk down the street without bumping into someone whether you are blind or sighted. It is extremely expensive to live where I do. It is also noisy and poluted, but the neighborhood is excellent.
I love New York city for the theater. Also, there is always something going on, no matter what time of day or night you want to leave your apartment.
Everything is here; it is a good place for a blind person in terms of mobility.
hey all. bringing this one back yet again. i need to update you all. i now live in altamonte like i predicted a year ago... well i have lived here since november of 07.
i do not regret it. i am vary close to my college witch is another plus :).
I am done for the time being.
I live in San Diego, and although I'm not a native, I'm definitely a proud local. My community is just across a canyon from the downtown area, about a 5 minute drive. The transportation is great, second only to the transportation in the bay area. The streets are easy to navigate, and they are, for the most part, a grid. We also have awesome weather, and pretty friendly, laid back people. I've fallen in love with this city, for sure.
I live in Nashville Tennessee and love it here. Everything that I absolutely need is within walking distance, sidewalks all the way. The bus system is good, and the special transit van is decent. cabs are high, but with gas prices and such...
I live in a 15 story highrise which has its own laundromat even, so I'm pretty happy. In mid September, I will have lived here for 15 years. Before that, I lived in a small town in west Tennessee, called savannah, where the only thing you could do is sit and watch the trees grow, and I couldn't even do that. I had to get the hell out of there.
My family and I live in a small rural desert town called 29 Palms. I could seriously go on for pages and pages about how shitty it is, but I'll just say a few things and be out. We do not have much of a paratransit system. It primarily takes old people to doctors' appointments, and doesn't go to the next town where the WalMart and a few other conveniences. It stops running at four in the afternoon, and if you want to make a reservation, you have to call a week ahead. The bus system is ok. It takes what would normally take 20 minutes to get to the next town over-- about an hour and 20 minutes by bus. In order for my husband, my son and I to take a cab anywhere in town, it's 14 dollars one way, and 28 round trip. We generally are forced to ask people for rides, and it's very hard because we have to come and go on their terms and their schedule. It's hot as hell here; the temperature gets easily to about 110-115 during the summer days, and can sometimes go in to the 30's in the winter; with a very gusty freezing wind to boot. A lot of the people here are backward, super-religious freaks who don't see any reason we should be complaining; they love it here; no high chances of crime, you can see the night sky, and everyone loves that small-town atmosphere. Soon, we are going to be on Section 8's waiting list so we can get the hell out of here. It may take a while, but if we want to live where there's more opportunity, we have to live in the city where housing is more expensive. Well, that's my take on this town. Sorry if it seems I'm complaining.
I live just on the outskirts of a large city in the midatlantic states. I feel fortunate that I'm only a two block walk away from two bus lines. Paratransit is fair here, but I'm too impatient to use it. Cabs are expensive, but that's everywhere these days. We have a subway and a light rail system that serve the city as well. My wife wants to move further out in the suburbs, but she sighted, and I'm too much of a control freek to be away from busses and such.
Lou
Hi, I live in a town called Coatbridge in Scotland UK. I don't like it very much because there is nothing to do. What I do like is it is quiet no main road noise or anything. But I am ready to get my own place proberly in the City of Glasgow. The nearest bus stop is about half a miles walk away. Taxies are exspenive. But I have a bus pass for all over Scotland. it can be used on the train to.
I've moved also since my last post. Now I'm in Littleton (Basically a suburb of sorts of Denver) Colorado. I rather like it here. The weather can be a bit odd, and I'm a bit apprehensive about what the winters will be like, but I absolutely love the public transport here. They have a rather comprehensive lightrail system, and a bus system. Frankly now that I've lived with a lightrail system I'm inclined not to live without one. It makes going places so much easier and more convenient.
Damn it, i wonder if or even when I'll see a lightrail system here in Appleton. Probably never. It's not that big. The lasttime I used public transportation was last year. need to get out more ...
I live in a small city in rhode island Its really not to bad there are nice and unnice people. Manely the ghetto people that come here from new jerzy. There are about 50000 people transpertation is not too bad. I live in a 3 floor high rise its afordable. Providence is about 20 minits away. Wooster is about 40 and boston is about an hour drive. The school system is fantastic here one of the best ones in the state. But there is a down side to that its one of the largest the highschool has over 2000 students. The city is pritty clean cleaner at least to providence. There are alot more trees as well. I live on a pritty quiet road. The mane street is about two streets away all though this is a mane street as well it manely has houses. Most of the side roads have no side walks. Some roads have paches of woods. The eastern part of the city has wallmart and a bunch of stores like price right its surounded by three suburbs. The thing I hate is the buses around here stop at 8 oclock but the providence bus stops at 11. Where I used to live there were gangs and stuff dirty streets street fights every day. The school system sucked I dropped out actually from there. There are gangs around here but you don't see them as much. I thinks its funny because alot of them come from new york and a place called paterson Newjerzy I am not sure why. How ever the bus system over where I used to live did not stop until 11:30. I my self would rather live in a town. I hate crossing big streets. I like small quiet streets I like places where you can hear the birds and crickets I live in a city called Woonsocket. I used to live in Pawtucket. Pawtucket is about 5 or so minits from providence. Rhode island is not really a bad place and is not really small ither like some people seem to think. The ocean is about a hour drive maybe 30 minits away. The state has every thing from the ocean to the city to the country. But some day I want to ither move to the U K or to maine or alaska or to Canada maybe the U K because they seem to offer better survices to the blind. And over all I like the people over there and the diallect.
I live in Denver, not far from SingerOfSongs. I love it out here. The public transit is awesome. Between the bus and light rail systems, you can get nearly anywhere you need to go. There are a few things RTD, that's the transit company, have to work on yet, but they're making progress, and they work closely with their blind consumers for suggestions. that's a good thing. I also like how Denver is a big city, and yet it has the Midwest friendliness to it. the 16th street mall downtown rocks. the weather is good. Even the winters out here aren't as bad as everyone fears they will be.
Let’s see. I live in Los Angeles, and we are one of the top cities out here. Everyone just seems like they want to be out here.
Yes, we have a bus system, we have the Long Beach transit, in long beach. We have only one train line, the Blue Line, which is in down town long beach and you have to drive or take the bus down a bit to ride it. This connects with the green line and a few others in Los Angeles. We also have access, which is useful, but also inconvenient, but if it’s the last resort you have it’s fine. We have taxis, and I believe water taxis, but I don’t know exactly what that is.