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JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

janet: Richie--Thanks for the "Gref" reminder. I've been trying to remember the name of our corner deli (the only deli on St. John's until you got to Rochester (or was the next as distant as......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Money Magazine 6th Best Small City: Norman was just voted a best small city and it deserves the ranking. We came from NJ 40 years ago and wouldn't leave for anything. It's a great place to live culturally and......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

OU student: Driving through a city and taking a few pictures of the shittiest hotel you could have possibly roomed in during your one-night stay off the highway is a pretty idiotic way to judge a place.......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Normanite: I used to live in Manhattan. Granted, this is a much different kind of action, Norman really has a lot going for it. In addition to what has been said, check the city's......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Gary Sparkes: i am drawing a overhead plan of the maypole(irlam shopping centre)so far i have the TSB, harrys chippy(lovely),hesketh amd claire(butcher),gemtime??,electronic shop???,bingo place???,supermarket???,norman lownes grocer with mrs egan knittware,optician???,newsagents (stuart???),cant remember any more,does anyone have any......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

LoveNorman: I moved to Norman from Telluride, Co about 9 months ago....and I would NEVER move back!!! Norman has what Telluride could never have....moral, friendly people, available housing and jobs for the working class, and......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Ashton: You were in a boring area of Norman.. but it's not as boring as it seems. Oh and by the way someone was shot in the parking lot of that motel. There is a lot......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

SCW: Norman is one of the more scenic and interesting communities in Oklahoma. I lived there and in Oklahoma City (just north of Norman) for 13 years; moved in 1989 to coastal Texas, south of......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

You are an idiot.: Of course you would show the picture of the crappiest hotel in the city to try and prove your point. "Passing through" does not give you enough taste of a city, especially one as interesting......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Fort: There are a lot more boring cities in the US. Norman has become really big right now, with all the new developments. I'm surprised to come across this blog entry....

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

norman sucks: it's funny how the dullest people in the world are defending a dull city in the dull state of oklahoma. i've been to norman. it's only good during the college football season, otherwise it is......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Patty: I don't live in Norman, but I'm in town on Saturdays for football season. I love it. The next place we move to will most likely be Norman. It is so beautiful and I LOVE......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Michelle: Hmm...I live in Norman and it's NOT boring!! This is actually a booming college town with a MAJOR unversity called OU, that you would have seen had you actually gone INTO town!! And no wonder......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Norman Watkins: My uncle worked at Aquila for the Ministry of Supply upto 1954 on something to do with anti-aircraft missiles. He was killed in a road accident in 1954 and the briefcase he had with him......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

birdy[kirstiem92@gmail.com]: Kay, first off, if you would have gone a tiny bit further down Main Street Scott, you would have found Sooner Fashion Mall. Or you could have continued going down Interstate 45 headed towards Moore,......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

hairsy: hi norman i lived across the street from alex& billy miller they had red hair i don't know what happened to then but who knows where anybody it now. i talk to the gillis and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

norman : hey hairsy,that name sounds familiar. doyou know a bill miller,he lived on front st. at cambria.I was born and raised in kensington,and it makes me laugh when I read some of the comments from peoplewho......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

34 years in Norman: I came to Norman, OK in 1973. Never intended to stay. I love the people and especially the big sky. The trees, haze and mountains elsewhere that block the sky make me......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

rick: I lived at 881 Washington Ave (Carroll St) across from Botanic Gardens, Clara Barton (H.S. for Homemaking) and PS 241. What a place to grow up - deadend street to play in plus three school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: I love that song, i marched again with my VFW post on Veterans Day, the old men tell me stories about the attack on Pearl and the invasion of normandy and what it was like......

in response to: Lest We Forget by Michelle

Okie Pappy Daddy: I like living in Norman It is only boaring if you got to allways be going out and doing stuff all the time like if you have to go out to resterants every night or......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

nothing to gain: Norman is a sanctuary for Oklahoma City. So, by comparison with mundane OKC, it seems nice. Oklahoma is caught between progressive West, and agressive Texas. If you try to talk the talk,......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Big Momma Becky: Never been to Norman,but after reading all these posts,I want to visit. Sounds like a cool place to me. But then again, I'm from Hutchinson,Kansas.So what do I know?? We made Scott's list also.Check out......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

william weber: norman is a fun town and if you do think so well you are a mean person...

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

David: The charm of Norman Oklahoma is that it is kept away from lazy researchers that can't spend enough effort to see the cities for what they truly are. Perhaps rating Barbie dolls would be more your......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Bushwicks baddest chic aka Bobbi j : this goes out to all you bushwick peeps i was born and raised on irving the streets were two way back then i went to 86 what you know about that the 83 was not......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

justAgirl: I think it's kinda interresting that Scott says he ate at the first Dennys one day and the second Dennys the next when all four of these photos are of the exact same building from......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

returned_farmboy: I was going to go to all the trouble to refute some claims about Hutchinson made in this post, but then I cam to the realization that: 1) If the author was doing a serious......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

just came back: I recently returned to norman after 10 years of traveling the world. I can easily get bored here, but with a little research and creativity you can always find something fun to do. Norman......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Kari: What amazes me, seriously, is that this debate isn't just about Norman. It's about the sameness that we have spread across the US. The original set of photographs, honestly, could have been taken......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Hahaha.: I love all of you who defended norman :) I've lived here pretty much all my life, and it's not half bad. Is your opinion of an entertaining city someplace like Dallas? If so, your poor,......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

J: I've been to Norman and didn't think it was too bad. Hell, it was better than Tulsa. Now there's a boring city......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

chelsea: norman is a cool place. you took pictures of the same place like 5 times. you didn't get cool places like campus corner and the university. open your eyes, you'll see that norman is awesome....

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

gingha: i used to live in oklahoma city. the thing the makes norman, and the greater oklahoma city area seem lackluster is because of its relative regional proximity to the dallas/ft. worth area, and also because......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

The Business: I live in Norman, on Boyd Street about a mile from the photos OU Professor posted. Norman is probably one of the better places to live in this state, but the problem with any......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Peter: is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the only people arguing that norman isnt a boring place are people that are... from norman?...

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

soonercel: Sorry you found Norman so boring. Norman is a great place to live. If you're looking for a broad spectrum city life, you'll have to go elsewhere. We do offer some city-like action, but by......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Just a thought...: I love Norman! I moved from Austin which is one of the most exciting towns I've ever been to, and Norman holds its own very well....

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

GC: Thanks to the OU professor for adding pictures of the real Norman. Norman is a wonderful city that has a small town feel. However, Norman is a town that strives for excellence and is home......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

9400: How can Norman be boring? This is the place that Barry Switzer and his gang of highly-paid football players terrorized the streets for years. Can someone say Uzi on a balcony?...

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Ex-Normanite: This is great. I am from Norman and have not looked at pics for a while. That Denny's is the old Howard Johnson's. First, I would like to say that I like......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

hgb: Well, I browsed through all of Scott's boring towns, and feel sad he missed the life of them, or missed any life at all! I moved to Norton, KS in 1969 and thought I......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

OU professor: Ohh, did I forget to mention that over 100,000 people live in Norman! And the Oklahoma metropolitan area, whch we are part of, has over 1,000,000 people! On top of that, a major living magazne......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

OU professor: Norman is the best place to live in the state of Oklahoma! Screw anyone who says otherwise! I've lived here for fifteeen years[[img:18036]] (in addition to several other places around the country) and I'm still learning......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Bru : Norman is boring, how many times can you go to the art histroy museum or natural science museum before it gets old. It may not be boring to someone who has never ventured out of......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Karmen King: Its not very smart to say that you "experienced" Norman in any way since you were never farther than 10 feet from the highway. You missed Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Sam Noble Museum of Natural......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Norman Hudson: A 'Blast from the Past!' 1964 Barnoldswick Gala Day, the Barnoldswick Youth Club Float. PHOTO SHOW Brenda Robinson(Hudson), Norman Hudson, Eileen Waterworth, ?, Dennis Bamber,David Metcalfe(back)Jimmy Stocks(front)Chris stuttard,John Stuttard, ?, George Kirrage(back),Susan Duxbury, Front kneeling Margret Perry, Susan Palmer. The......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Norman Hudson: [[img:14002]] ...

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

EvilGentleman: General Eisenhower went on to become President, while this old General did not die, but just faded away. Old Blood and Guts was one of the most controversial and amazing men of the 20th century. A......

in response to: Patton Statue by steelisreal

Sarah: I have grown up in Dallas... a not so boring town. I am attending OU and would like to tell you that you are not able to get the "life" of norman until you leave......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Lauren: Norman is not boring. Perhaps to you, coming from a larger town where most people need an income upwards of $100,000 to afford cost of living and entertainment, this place seems boring. But......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jeeff: nice, what a timeless photo. i see shades of norman rockwell in this one....

in response to: Fish Tales by susannah

Normanite: The idea of stopping in a town for a few minutes, taking a few pictures of abandoned buildings, and then declaring the town boring is one of the most pretentious, conceited, obnoxius, unwarranted, and judgmental......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 2 by Scott Sargent

kerry: You are crazy if you think norman is boring,I live west of Denver now and would much rather live in norman.I've never lived in norman but lived about an hour north of it and went......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

monster: norman oklahoma, just so you know, is the home of the flaming lips, the starlight mints, mainsite contemporary art, opolis productions and forward foods, just to name a few things. Not to forget the university......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Ginny: dude I live near Norman and if is wasn't for this town everbody in the state would just sit at there house and be like "duh..... wat should we do? uh..........." it has alot to......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Scott Sargent: Imagine that! Whomever you are, wherever you are is where its at, non? People are naturally defensive. Go Figure. I mean, {Norman}, {Oklahoma}. Seriously. Its nice that someone surfed in, though, really. I do sincerely......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

anon (ip68-97-53-138.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman's really not that bad. As far as OK towns are concerned, I do prefer Tulsa, but Norman has a lot more going for it than the pictures you posted. That building is......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

t@ngent: norman, do you know gavin cruickshank?...

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Norman Miles: Winning a war or stopping a war,I am a Welshman living in China,I have met some Americans,one had a lot of sense,his comment was,we did not win the war, we stopped it.With the Atomic bomb,N.S.Miles...

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: Chris Erb, I have to ask: Is the "Erb Settlement" located just to the southeast of Norman, NB where you got the Erb in your name? Are you actually "Chris from Erb Settlement"?...

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: On May 3, 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Norman recorded data from the world's fastest tornado, which passed a few miles NW of here. [[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/storms/19990503/]] Guess it's not **always** boring in these......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Scott Sargent: I wasn't there long. Just passing through on the interstate, actually. I ate at the first {Denny's} for dinner, the second Denny's for breakfast the next day, and the bottom two shots are the front......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jack: 3rd ave and 60th is'nt that where the club, 'inner circle' was at one time. i used to go there with my friend tom back in '64' thats 1964 and not 1864 to......

in response to: Car Wash by EvilGentleman

Norman Cay: ....so fucked up. I once saw a poor bike courier getting similar treatment here in Santa Monica CA....I got out of my car and walked up to the motorist assaulting the bike courier and smashed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Norman Cay: ....so fucked up. I once saw a poor bike courier getting similar treatment here in Santa Monica CA....I got out of my car and walked up to the motorist assaulting the bike courier and smashed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: wo, thats my uncle joe. we have been looking for him for 32 years. he has a cleaning business. he cleans windshields on cars as they are stopped for red lights. ......

in response to: Coming and Going by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Kudos to Joey for knowing his early 80's bands. Props to Elaine for a subliminal Aha reference. Word to Jack for being all Norman Mailer....

in response to: C30 C60 C90 Go by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Matt: Hey guys, I've been at parkour since summer and there is a small group growing in the Norman, Moore, OKC area. I've even started a club at OU. THere is a great forum on Urban Freeflow......

in response to: Oklahoma City by Saint Clair

Norman Oder: see a dissection of NY Times coverage of the Atlantic Yards project at www.dddb.net/times and follow-up blog: TimesRatnerReport.blogspot.com...

in response to: Atlantic Yards by Peter

nideone: looks like the pictures where taken from one of the building on Wilshire and Normandie. Dont know exactly what building though....

in response to: Night in L.A. by Vivarin