Whenever I tell people I live in Lynn, they widen their eyes at me and drop their jaw. Sometimes their first question is "Do you own a gun?" Others ask, "You carry mace on you, right?!" My answer to both of these questions is no. Whether I need to carry around a taiser or not is something we're still looking into, but for the most part here, I feel pretty safe.
Growing up all over the place gave me an easier time adjusting to Lynn. From my junior year of high school until I graduated, I lived in the capitol city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which makes me feel as if I can handle anything. Lynn feels a little safer to me than the Congo did. However, I won't be stupid and wander around the streets after it gets dark!
Since I went to Gordon College up on the North Shore, I've been in and out of Lynn for a while. I did some community service projects with the New American Center and the IRC and then between junior and senior year of college, I started living in the student apartments Gordon was leasing. My husband and I got married in July 2011 and we moved into the same apartments that are no longer handled by Gordon College.
I decided to write this blog when my husband and I started talking about whether we should live here for more than just a year. The more people ask me why I live in Lynn, the more I'm interested in turning around the bad rep Lynn has had. I may be one of the few people out here that wants to kill the slogan "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin, you'll never come out the way you came in..." but read my blog and maybe you'll agree. There's a little more good to this place than people may think.
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