Comments on: Hey NYC, LA, want to see why Dayton is great!

By: Civil Servants Are People, Too

Civil Servants Are People, Too — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:20:37 +0000

Congratulations on your campaign. I respect you for trying, and giving voters a choice.

If nothing else, you are changing the conversation about your city.

Better luck next time?

By: Sherri Morris

Sherri Morris — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:35:44 +0000

Watch Monday’s The Daily Show bit regarding Mayor Bloomberg’s World Series television campaign ad. Stewart exposes (as only he can) the realities of living in NYC… or San Francisco for that matter – perfectly.

By: shelly

shelly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:27:48 +0000

I have friends who own just such homes on Grafton. They are prisioners to the neighborhood. Guns going off night and day, crack heads coming up in your yard, can’t let the kids ride bikes. Give me a tiny bungalow in a safer part of Dayton and I feel rich. Peace of mine is priceless no matter where you live. Yes we are cramped here but I know I can walk around my neighborhood, sit on my porch or take my dog out as late as I need to. That’s the life.

By: jstults

jstults — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:07:30 +0000

Right on, we love our “pauper’s mansion” here in Grafton Hill. We’d never be able to afford this much house anywhere else in the country.

By: Seth Chalmer

Seth Chalmer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Hi David! As someone who moved from Dayton to Manhattan a few years ago, let me just say how much I wish I could find even a tiny studio here for $500. $500 can get you a studio way out in the boroughs, maybe, but here in Manhattan, even small studio apartments are twice that price. I’m paying $1,500 per month for a 1-bedroom in central Harlem. It’s crazy!
On the other hand, let me talk to you sometime about the theater I’ve seen since being here, not to mention programs with world-renowned speakers and scholars, and phenomenal opportunities for vibrant Jewish life.
I do miss the calmer Dayton lifestyle though. I miss it often. I miss grocery stores with aisles wider than four inches. I miss not smelling urine on my morning commute. There are trade-offs everywhere you go, I suppose.

By: Will Brooks

Will Brooks — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:58:14 +0000

I used to live in NYC. Nearly fifteen years ago I paid $550.00 a month for a studio POS. Here’s the addy
1059 Jackson Ave Queens New York, 11101
Google it and check the street view. It was the window above what is now the Slovak-Czech Varieties store. When I was there it was a construction company’s office. I had a living room that doubled as a bedroom, a really small galley kitchen that led into a shower bath. It was SMALL.
Also, note that the neighborhood is nice looking now. I was there in 2004 and revisited all of my old hoods. (this is only one place I lived while there) The neighborhood has been under heavy gentrification for years. When I lived there it was very nasty. You had to watch your back. to make matters worse, homeless people used to sleep in the unlocked mail room/entrance that led to the locked interior hallway. I’ve had many occasion to step over them to get into my old pad before.
Ya, I’m living large in my 1560 sq. foot American four square, even though I can almost spit onto Xenia ave from my front porch. (Really, Xenia Ave is not that bad.) Nope, most in Dayton don’t realize how good it really is here. Instead they want to talk about how “bad” it is…lol…puhleeeze.