30 years in Dayton.....
Jun. 21st, 2019 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr130 years ago this month, I left my parents' home in Buffalo, NY and moved to Dayton, OH to start a new job.
On Thursday, June 22, I flew out from Buffalo to Dayton via Detroit, to attend an in-person interview the following day. My itinerary said I had a hotel room at the "Holiday Inn Fairborn". But none of the shuttles said that on their vehicles, and I didn't know that it was also known as the "Holiday Inn I-675". I ended up taking a taxi to the hotel. At the interview, I was offered the job, and was advised to start as soon as possible. So after flying back home, I tied up some loose ends, packed some boxes, and on Tuesday, June 26, drove down to Dayton. In the first month, I lived in hotel rooms as I searched for an apartment. I found a 1-bedroom unit in Kettering.
In the past 30 years, there have been a lot of changes. Many businesses, restaurants, and shopping centers have come and gone.
Restaurants (chains and standalones): Shoney's, Bill Knapp's, Chi-Chi's, Casa Lupita, L'Auberge, Kelly's (in Beavercreek), Grindstone Charley's, Happy Palace,
Department stores: Hills, Sears, Elder-Beerman, K-Mart, the Salem Mall, Hills & Dales Shopping Center
Supermarkets: Stump's (I still remember their jingle), Cub Foods
Stores: CompUSA, Circuit City, Sun TV & Appliances, HH Gregg, CD Connection, Roberds, B.Dalton, Waldenbooks, Borders, Media Play, OfficeMax, Books & Co. (in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Kettering), Blockbuster Video, I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!
I'm sure there are plenty more that I don't remember.
On Thursday, June 22, I flew out from Buffalo to Dayton via Detroit, to attend an in-person interview the following day. My itinerary said I had a hotel room at the "Holiday Inn Fairborn". But none of the shuttles said that on their vehicles, and I didn't know that it was also known as the "Holiday Inn I-675". I ended up taking a taxi to the hotel. At the interview, I was offered the job, and was advised to start as soon as possible. So after flying back home, I tied up some loose ends, packed some boxes, and on Tuesday, June 26, drove down to Dayton. In the first month, I lived in hotel rooms as I searched for an apartment. I found a 1-bedroom unit in Kettering.
In the past 30 years, there have been a lot of changes. Many businesses, restaurants, and shopping centers have come and gone.
Restaurants (chains and standalones): Shoney's, Bill Knapp's, Chi-Chi's, Casa Lupita, L'Auberge, Kelly's (in Beavercreek), Grindstone Charley's, Happy Palace,
Department stores: Hills, Sears, Elder-Beerman, K-Mart, the Salem Mall, Hills & Dales Shopping Center
Supermarkets: Stump's (I still remember their jingle), Cub Foods
Stores: CompUSA, Circuit City, Sun TV & Appliances, HH Gregg, CD Connection, Roberds, B.Dalton, Waldenbooks, Borders, Media Play, OfficeMax, Books & Co. (in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Kettering), Blockbuster Video, I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!
I'm sure there are plenty more that I don't remember.
