But I'm a little biased, because I love city skylines. The fact that my view for the last eight years was of a bike rack makes this even more exciting. A couple things I've noticed in particular, with this new birds-eye view of the world:
- There are a lot of people who spend time on roofs. Nearly every time I look out the window, there is someone somewhere on a roof. Sometimes there are large groups of people. Most of these people are construction workers, HVAC folks, or window-washers, and almost none of them have safety equipment (well, the window washers do.) Without having had this experience, I would never know that there were so many people on rooftops all the time.
- The skyline is almost always in flux. This morning there is a new crane near the apartment building at 24th and Locust - a looming orange and black thing that looks and moves like a praying mantis. Cranes are actually being erected and dismantled with shocking frequency - I guess there's a lot of development going on in the city that I didn't know about.
- The International House is a monstrosity. It blocks my view of almost all of U City South and the stadiums, which I really do not appreciate.
- Bees can fly very high - upwards of ten stories and more!
- There are falcons in U City. They are gorgeous, and very fun to watch.
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