Day 9 in my new digs at 324 North Main Street in Davenport, and I can’t help but compare and mostly contrast my new surroundings with the old.
I’m taking on a Letterman format with this one.
Top Ten Differences between Main Street Davenport and Main Street Durant, Iowa:
10. On Main Street Davenport, I can open my windows.
On Main Street Durant, I could only open two of my twenty windows because they were either painted shut or too broken to open without losing the entire thing.
9. On Main Street Davenport, I am within walking distance of the Figge, Redstone Room, restaurants, library, St. Anthony’s church, and a tattoo shop.
On Main Street Durant, I was within walking distance to nearly everything in town, with the hot spots being the Dew Drop, Westfair Drug, Jeff’s Market, and the American Legion.
8. On Main Street Davenport, my apartment is small and cozy.
On Main Street Durant, my apartment was large and cozy.
7. On Main Street Davenport, I am greeted by lots of people on the way to my car in the morning – apartment staff, the deli guys, a random homeless person, and a new person who wants to chat.
On Main Street Durant, I was greeted by people honking their horns thinking I noticed who was driving by.
6. On Main Street Davenport, my new apartment was spotless when I moved in.
On Main Street Durant, I had to clean my apartment multiple times before it was suitable to live in.
5. On Main Street Davenport, everyone seems to want to swing by and say hi.
On Main Street Durant, only friendly stalkers would want to swing by and say hi. Everyone else would say, “Where’s Durant?”
4. On Main Street Davenport, I hear random city noises, but the inside of the building is relatively quiet.
On Main Street Durant, no city noises existed. I’d hear the occasional fire truck since the station was across the street, along with a teeny bopper squealing tires. Inside, I could hear downstairs neighbor Kathy yelling at her grandson, arguing with her daughter, or talking to her dead husband.
3. On Main Street Davenport, I say hi to the property owner in the hallway and the next day I have a discount on my rent.
On Main Street Durant, my landlord only visited the property when something had been broken and I repeatedly called to have it fixed. And then I had to fight just to get my deposit back.
2. On Main Street Davenport, I have some anonymity.
On Main Street Durant, everyone was watching.
1. On Main Street Davenport, I feel at home.
On Main Street Durant, I felt at home for almost four years.
Mel's Musings 