Comments on: Places I’ve Lived: Oberlin, Crafty Mice, and a Revolving Door of Roommates

By: Leah Klein@facebook

Leah Klein@facebook — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:30:22 +0000

Neighbors! I live on South Street in JP!

By: awk

awk — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:59:54 +0000

Nope. I am from Ashland, about 30 miles south of Oberlin. I seem to remember B-W being compared often to Ashland U. That was enough evidence to make me steer clear of that place. I ended up in college at Wooster, which is pretty much the less wealthy and less intelligent version of Oberlin (but still about 50 times more exciting than Ashland).

By: Madeline Shoes

Madeline Shoes — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:33:04 +0000

@awk any chance you grew up in Berea? because I went to college there and you have described it very accurately. I had a bunch of friends at Oberlin and was always jealous of their parties and the Feve.

By: awk

awk — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:12:21 +0000

I grew up fairly close to Oberlin in a town that was kind of like its crappy doppleganger: it had a college, but it was really conservative (boring) and attracted no interesting business activity to town. I always envied how much nicer Oberlin was than my little burg — they had little cool shops, a well-regarded college AND places to eat that weren’t franchised across the nation. I still try to hit The Feve when I’m in that part of the world. I can see why you liked it there.