May
24
2012

Adios Hardy & Baseline

(Add / View Comments) (0)Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 05:17:12 pm
(Posted Under: This Desert Life This Desert Life)
When we decided on this apartment, 4 months shy of 3 years ago, the deciding factor was that it was an equal 3 minutes distance between Yucca Tap Room and Last Exit. Well, price, size and it being a safe complex played into the decision. But the closeness of those two music venues was not lost on us, and did factor in somewhat. Ironically, Last Exit closed the week before we moved in. The closeness of Yucca has time and time again proved awesome.

I just got home from my final bus ride to the apartment. And I can't help but think, as I have over the past 2 or so weeks, that decision has proved to have been such a great one, beyond the proximity to Tempe's finest bars.

The closeness and convienence of public transport to get to and from work has just been awesome. Exchanging 1 and a half hour commutes to work (in Melbourne) for 20 minute ones has been pretty nice.

Back in 2005, the Hardy area seemed like a weird and distant land. We hardly ever came down to this side of town, and I thought of it as just factories. However, having lived down here has actually been really cool. What I hadn't noticed back then was the nicer area that we lived. Or the great view of Papago Park and Camelback Mountain while driving down Hardy, flanked by palm trees on either side (at least once you get north of Broadway). I'll miss the daily scenic trip down Hardy.
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