Meet My Neighborhood: The Greater Heights, Houston, Texas

It's like being in the country without being in the country." - John McKay, Heights resident and owner of Montrose Skate Shop, July 2009 I never would have used those words to describe the Heights neighborhood when I lived there as a teenager i...

Meet My Neighborhood: Waverly, Baltimore, Maryland

I didn’t actually choose to live in Waverly. In 2014, I moved in with my boyfriend, who had been living in the neighborhood in 2007. I had spent time in neighborhoods like Pigtown, Fells Point, Charles Village, Station North, Downtown, and Barcla...

Meet My Neighborhood: Irving Park, Chicago

As on Ohio ex-pat, I moved to Chicago knowing very little about the city’s 77 neighborhoods. I ended up living in Lakeview, and while I loved being by the water and Lakefront Trail, I longed for more space and different things to do. By the ...

Meet My Neighborhood: Portage Park, Chicago

A resident of Chicago my entire life, I grew up in Portage Park and have since moved to the fringes of it, on the border of Old Irving Park. What I love about the Northwest side of Chicago is the proximity to downtown and many other part...