Dead Rose City

So I got a nice tweet today take a look:

“@tyegoldman: hey do you plan to keep this up? Think you should, could be cool. Norwich needs something cool.”

Thanks tyegoldman! This was awesome to see that someone caught wind of DeadRoseCity! This deserves a real answer. In short; YES I do plan on keeping this up. I have a few posts in draft form that I have been sitting on for a bit, and I have materials gathered for blog posts well into the holiday season.

Tyegoldman makes 2 good points: “Could be cool”  With your help, I say WILL be cool sir! If you feel the same way I do about Norwich, Please tell you friends, tweet about us, Facebook, help get the word out. This was great to hear, and if i know more people are looking for an alternative view of our home city, then it helps to keep us going here at DRC!

Point number two: “Norwich needs something cool” I could not agree more. This city is bleeding to death, and has been for years….years and years and years. We need something more then cool, we need a shift in how people look at the city they call home. Instead of partying in Hartford, go to the Harp and Dragon, Instead of going to New London for shows, help get shows up here in Norwich. The fundamental problem with Norwich is that no one NEEEDS to come here for ANYTHING. The casinos have big name entertainment, and Waterford and New London have all the shopping, and maybe 2 restaurants in the greater Norwich region worth going to……see the problem?

It will take courageous, out-going individuals to bring hip, attractive business to this town. Before business owners do that they need people! People need to leave their houses and be active in their community. I’m not saying have a blood drive in your front porch, I’m saying get out and WALK around your area. It’s Easy! Say Hi to the cute girl down the street, Walk your dog, walk with your boyfriend or girlfriend, husband or wife. When you go to a cool, fun city anywhere in the world what do you see????? You see PEOPLE!

Unfortunately the majority of the people that walk the streets of Norwich seem a little menacing. I don’t think i’m alone in feeling this way. By no means am i saying they ARE menacing, but some of them frankly seem that way. Perception counts for a lot. Now if your in Norwichtown you probably don’t think there is anything wrong. But go downtown……….there is a court house…..a bunch of people who have already broken the law congregating in one place to get punished. Not exactly inviting right? there is good news though we have a way of changing the landscape. Again it requires Getting out of the house and walking around. Certain kinds of people own the streets because it got handed to them. Cable tv made it easy to stay inside and forget our neighbors. If more people just walked their dogs, took a stroll, walked to the corner store for a coffee in the morning, and did this over a sustained time line, things could really turn around. The change in Norwich has got to come from within, it’s citizens have got to WANT to reclaim their home. No amount of police and government intervention will change this.

So tyegoldman, you are right, Norwich Needs something cool, luckily we already have it, we just need it to put down the xbox controller and get the hell outside! Thanks tyegoldman! We’ll keep writing I promise!