{"id":814,"date":"2010-02-26T14:05:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T19:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=814"},"modified":"2010-02-26T14:05:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T19:05:54","slug":"new-beginnings-part-2-a-new-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2010\/02\/26\/new-beginnings-part-2-a-new-house\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 New Beginnings Part 2 – A New House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Twin<\/a>
\nThis month will be pretty crazy. Many of you know that I took a break from Twitter where I didn’t tweet for over two weeks and I’ve come back slightly more tame about my tweets only doing 2-4 a day. This new style enabled a lot for me but closed many other opportunities. Now that we’re entering the month of March, I have been doing this new way of sharing for over 2 months and the benefits have been pretty grand. Yesterday, I shared news about my new job at Brightkite<\/a> that I’ll be starting on Monday. There are many many more good things happening this month. Many are public and others will remain private under my new sharing model.<\/p>\n

Before I talk about my move, I first wanted to address something that has bothered me since I decided to move to a new place about 3 weeks ago. This guilt I’ve put on myself is pretty severe and one that kept me from moving a while ago and that’s the feeling that I’m giving up a piece of myself simply by changing my geographical location. See, when AdamsBlock was happening, I made it clear that I wasn’t broadcasting because I hated where I lived (San Francisco’s Tenderloin District<\/a>), and instead wanted to share with friends and family what was keeping me awake at night. I never knew it would blossom into a real company or that my idea would be used to place me as an ignorant racist who though the homeless were scum and had to be eradicated (not my words). In fact, I loved living in the Tenderloin and write this from my apartment in the heart of San Francisco’s historical district.<\/p>\n

\"Ellis<\/a><\/p>\n

Many times, I’ve written about the ‘loin but this entry<\/a> is one I’m most proud of because it explains exactly why I live here. In that post, I wrote:<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t live in the Tenderloin for cheap rent anymore. Trust me, my $1600 a month studio apartment isn\u2019t cheap. The reason I live in the Tenderloin is because I want to constantly be reminded of the human struggle which we all are going through. Living somewhere that\u2019s \u201cquiet and safe\u201d is completely the same except they have fancier drugs and more elaborate crimes. By living where I do, I pass a homeless shelter, free food lines and many more \u201coutreach services\u201d. The constant reminder that I, at any time, can lose my job and be on the streets or an unfortunate sickness or illness could land me in the same food lines and the constant reminder that I have absolutely nothing to feel \u201cdown\u201d about because I have a roof over my head keeps me living life to the fullest.<\/em><\/p>\n

Without a constant reminder that we are so damn lucky to have what we have, we will cease to live and seize the moment at every moment of our day. This is why I live in The Tenderloin. It\u2019s not to gentrify the neighborhood or laugh at the homeless or experience cheap rent. It\u2019s to feel alive when I walk to work every day and know that everything can change so fast and that I\u2019m so lucky to be alive.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, my work with AdamsBlock earned me an award from the city of SF<\/a>, but I don’t think I deserve any award as there are hundreds of public servants who are unpaid that go out every day to make the community a better place and I’m just a guy who put up a webcam to highlight exactly what was going on without the filter that our media presents.<\/p>\n

\"Ellis<\/a><\/p>\n

I feel like moving out of the ‘loin is my way of giving up, retreating to the suburbs and abandoning the people who I’ve grown to love and respect over the past 2 years. The reminder of what my fellow human beings are going through is going to not be a daily punch to the face but instead a blur as I ride the bus by the neighborhood I used to live in.<\/p>\n

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Why am I moving? Well, I’m not moving out of the city because I love San Francisco. It’s an incredible experience to live in such a diverse city. My reasons for moving are the following:<\/p>\n