Sharing an Apartment with Obama
posted by Nate Oman
In law school, I shared an apartment with Barak Obama. Sort of. We “shared” it in the sense that we both lived in the same building, albeit not at the same time. This I learned from the always informative Somerville News, which reports that in law school Obama lived at 365 Broadway. Ten years later my wife and I moved into the same building. (If you look at the picture, our apartment was the basement one of the far left.) Winter Hill is a slightly scary neighborhood. For a long time it was the home of the Irish mafia (not the Kennedys — that branch of the Irish mob lived in Brookline), and a mentally handicapped girl was raped in the park down the street when we lived there. I also recall a frantic call from my wife one night when I was out of town for an interview. “Some drunk guy just peed all over our window!” she said. “Now he is either trying to get in or is passing out in our trash!” She was going to call the cops until someone walked by and said, “Dude! You’re in the trash.” Good times.
I still doubt that I will be voting Democratic, even if Obama wins, although Massachusetts was the last — and only — time that I have voted for a Democrat. (It was for the State Assembly and his only competitor was a Green candidate. Ahh! The joys of Cambridge, where we moved after my son was born!) For my wife, however, a self-described “Crunchy Con” who leans left, I suspect that the Winter Hill connection has sealed the deal for Obama.
[Photo credit: Somerville News]
February 11, 2008 at 10:20 am
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c&h - February 11, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Numerous current UChicago law students have had the somewhat-awkward experience of riding in an elevator with Obama in a high rise building in Hyde Park where many of us reside.
We’re still not entirely sure why he has been in the elevator (his home is a couple blocks away). He uses the gym here, but thats on the ground floor.
Patrick S. O'Donnell - February 12, 2008 at 12:12 am
Your wife is leaning in the right direction.
Nate Oman - February 12, 2008 at 11:20 am
Well it is nice to know that at least one half of the marriage is going in the right direction ;->
Drexel Student - February 12, 2008 at 11:49 am
Do you refuse to vote Democrat just because it’s Democrat, or because you haven’t seen any worthy candidates?
While I am a hard left on most issues, I occasionally vote Republican just to ensure some balance in government. I’m not a fan of having either party have too much control. Of course, if there was a great Republican candidate and a subpar Democratic candidate, I’d have no hesitation voting Republican.
bill - February 13, 2008 at 12:02 pm
@c&h
Nice try with the innuendo. Assuming you’re talking about Regents Park, there’s the Summit Club upstairs, complete with roofdeck popular with smokers. Also, IIRC there’s a pool with a retractable greenhouse roof, which I don’t believe is on the ground floor.
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