{"id":14046,"date":"2015-12-07T15:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T15:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=14046"},"modified":"2015-12-07T15:15:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T15:15:30","slug":"city-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/city-living\/","title":{"rendered":"City Living"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am one of a few Challenge Detroit fellows to have grown up in an apartment, and lived in a major city for my whole life. I grew up in Manhattan in New York City, spent a summer living in Berlin, and spent a few weeks in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. I have also been to many major U.S. cities and spent a lot of time in Chicago. From all of those experiences I have come up with my top\u00a0five reasons to live in a city.<\/p>\n

Top Five Reasons to live in a city:<\/p>\n

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  1. You\u2019re Close Everything<\/strong> \u2013 Everything is usually centered around the city and usually downtown or in Europe the city center, and when you live in the city you\u2019re that much closer usually within walking distance or nice bike ride. The denser the city, the closer everything becomes meaning you should be in walking distance from many stores and activities.<\/li>\n
  2. Public Transportation<\/strong>– Okay, so this one isn\u2019t that great in Detroit, but hey we\u2019ve got the M-1 and some busses going for us\u2026.which is nice. Most other cities have an extensive public transportation system, which means you do not need to own a car or have to worry about driving home after a late night.<\/li>\n
  3. Food<\/strong>– When you live in a big city, there are numerous food options especially many different types of ethnic foods. Many Places also tend to be open late and deliver, so that late night pizza is just a phone call away.<\/li>\n
  4. Culture<\/strong>– When you live in the city, you\u2019re in the cultural hub of your region. In cities you\u2019re exposed to many different people that come from all different backgrounds and all walks of life. There\u2019s plenty of art and entertainment that results from that, and when you live there, you’re a whole lot closer to it.<\/li>\n
  5. There\u2019s something for everyone<\/strong>– When you live around so many people, there are an unlimited amount of different interests. You\u2019ll have no problem finding with similar interests or picking up a new hobby. Social sites like Meetup can help you find groups to suit your interests like the Detroit Drunken historical society, and the Detroit Standup paddleboard club just to name a couple.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There\u2019s plenty of other good reasons to live in cities too, I am constantly out of my comfort zone, and have new experiences that make it worthwhile. Maybe one day I\u2019ll wake up and want to move to the suburbs but until then I\u2019ll be making the most of my city living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I am one of a few Challenge Detroit fellows to have grown up in an apartment, and lived in a major city for my whole life. I grew up in Manhattan in New York City, spent a summer living in Berlin, and spent a few weeks in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. I have also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-livedetroit","category-playdetroit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}