The last three weeks in the big city have been a real eye-opener for me. Bigger isn't always better. Case in point -- opening a checking account. What should have been a nice, 15 or 20 minute walk to the bank turned into an hour plus ordeal -- one way -- when I encountered intersection after intersection without curb-cuts (one of these was a pretty major one). My childhood standby of going down driveways and then crossing the street was even out because this place has some WHACKED OUT driveways! They're really glorified curbs with not much incline at all. I opted for a nice two-minute bus ride home, but even that turned out to be a pain when the driver dropped me at Elysian Fields -- the opposite side of campus from where I needed to be. Admittedly, I should have told him to drop me at Founder's Road, but of all the places he could have dropped me, he left at the one corner onto campus with NO SIDEWALK! This little phenomenon (shut up, Paul) itself is interesting. There is no rhyme or reason to where the sidewalks are and where they aren't.
I feel I should call the city and petition for some freaking curb-cuts.
Dammit, I'm a Ph.D candidate, not a gimp advocate. Shut up, Anita -- I'm not interested in hearing about growth experiences.
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