Comments on: This Non-Anonymous Life

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:09:35 +0000

That sounds about like what it is to live in Jacksonville. This city is so spread out. It takes pretty much 15 minutes at the least to get anywhere. There’s different “sides” of town. I don’t mind it so much. I guess just because I’m used to it. But I’m also envious of the cities that allow for more foot traffic.

By: Stephany

Stephany — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:47:19 +0000

I just want to say, I’m really envious. I do not live a life like this. Honestly, I don’t even know most of my neighbors names. And the one I do know is because his mother shouts his name all the time. (And he’s older than me.) It’s kind of sad. I wish I had the kind of existence where people KNEW me…even just for a passing wave on the street.

God, my post is depressing. Sorry about that. I’ll cheer it up with a smily emoticon.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:20:04 +0000

For me it happened the opposite way – I grew up in a small un-anonymous town and then moved to a larger city. I felt so lost and alone when I was first there, but now I find back home a bit confining.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:00:35 +0000

I love my small town. I’m going to miss my small town when I move next year.

By: f.B

f.B — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:53:56 +0000

I miss my small town. I’m a city kid now, and don’t think I could live most of the year any other way, but the closeness of the small town was great. And, in an odd way, I really liked that in a small town you have to work extra hard to be “anonymous;” you have to find unique ways of being invisible when you want. It’s so easy in the city to just blend in.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:38:08 +0000

My town is too large to walk anywhere, but growing up my best friend lived across the street. She still lives there, but I moved into my own apartment fifteen minutes away. I do miss living so close, but it felt too weird living in my parents’ house after graduating.

By: sunehra

sunehra — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:20:42 +0000

I’ve been living in the sane New York City ‘suburb’ my whole life, and I can get anywhere in my borough with my eyes closed. But, since it is NYC, my neighbors are constantly changing. I’ve never had a friend from down the block, something I desperately wished for when I was a kid. Still, I wouldn’t trade my NYC experience for anything :)

By: mandy

mandy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:42:05 +0000

I think this is why I really enjoy small town life. I go to the store and almost always see someone I know. I’ve had the same neighbors for 20 years. There is a great comfort in having people know you. There is also a downside to it becuase, as in my case, they’ve known you so long they expect you to do or be certain things. But for now, I really enjoy it too.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:56:01 +0000

Its weird when all your different “separate” lives start to collide. I guess I found that to a certain extent when one of my co-workers became a flatmate.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:28:27 +0000

I can relate to lot of that. My high school had a good reputation, so kids came from all over the area to study there, and I was one of the furthest away. The school and almost everyone I met there were two bus rides away; it could be hard work at times. And a lot of people I know don’t know each other. I don’t mind it most of the time, because it means I can do different things with different people, but it can be nice to have that really together group of friends, like I remember having in sixth form. I guess academic settings help foster that kind of situation. It sounds like you have a nice little social circle anyway.