{"id":4622,"date":"2016-01-05T06:10:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T11:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2016-01-04T20:34:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T01:34:07","slug":"ypsilanti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/ypsilanti\/","title":{"rendered":"Ypsilanti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2016\/03\/ypsilanti\/image-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4624\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/image.jpeg?resize=375%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/image.jpeg?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/image.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my goals this past year was to buy a house for me and my son.<\/p>\n<p>I did this, and have chosen Ypsilanti as our home.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve lived in Ypsilanti for several years, yet, I surprise myself by being far more interested in the area having bought a home there,<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that I want to do in the coming year is walk down every street in my neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I consider 2 miles squarely within walking distance, and want to walk to a number of places when weather is permitting. Alex seems to like this for the time being and has expressed excitement about riding his bike around here in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful for living in a place where this is a reasonable thing to do, and I anticipate lots of local exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my goals this past year was to buy a house for me and my son. I did this, and have chosen Ypsilanti as our home. I&#8217;ve lived in Ypsilanti for several years, yet, I surprise myself by being far more interested in the area having bought a home there, One of the things&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/ypsilanti\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ypsilanti<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[726],"class_list":["post-4622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","tag-ypsilanti","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-1cy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5147,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/road-trip-2017-days-1-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4622,"position":0},"title":"Road Trip 2017 &#8211; Days 1 &#038; 2","author":"admin","date":"August 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the third time that Alex and I have taken a road trip before the school year begins. 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