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We are new to the area and curious if there is a book club where individuals rotate houses and do little shindigs to discuss the book? Thank you 😊

*edit: if there isn't, anyone interested in getting on together?

**Edit #2: I AM SO GLAD THIS GOT SO MUCH INTEREST! ! If truly serious please send me a private DM mentioning book club & your number. We can start a group chat and get coordinated with it (: my wife and I would like to work our way through the NPR book recs but open to other book lists as well. YAY!! Thinking byob and potluck snacks, type thing

As someone new to this area and very grateful to be here. So far, loveeee it.

Previous favorites I have lived are Fort Collins, CO and Ardmore, PA. Both of those have a wonderful blend of housing imo.

I am curious, how do residents feel about the zoning reform here?

I saw it on the news (online) and read the main stream comments and it was very prejudice, unwelcoming, and claiming it would ruin everything that makes Oak Park, Oak Park.

I saw the previous post on here speaking about it and I got the feel folks are happy about it.

I am VERY new to Oak Park, I am unaware of the town feels, so I am asking, how do the residents feel?

Please educate me (:

I wish I could be at the August 4th meeting, but I will be at my local union meeting and can't make it.

Did anyone feel an earthquake in the region? Out of nowhere our entire house shook, startling the dogs awake, and even my spouse yelled from upstairs making sure I was okay.

I have experienced an earth quake before and this felt just like that. Crazy 🤯

No other neighbors outside. Any idea what else might make an entire house shake?

edit: it was the quarry. I somehow never have felt its rumbles.

Today I passed by a hit deer. And now I just feel like shit.

Long story:

I stopped for it because I noticed it was still alive and I wanted to get it to the grass off the road.. or help it get there. However, all I did was hurt it more. It freaked out and started dragging itself while screaming.

People driving by (cobbs creek near island) looking at me like I am crazy and one guy yelling out, someone already hit it what are you gonna do..

Idk what I thought I would realistically do because I had nothing helpful on me, but I feel awful. Maybe I hoped someone else would assist me in the mission or cars would stop long enough to help it.. I am at work and cannot get the deer out of my head. The amount of road kill I see here is higher than most other places I lived in. I feel like shit about it.

I made a call and to no avail. No one would come for the deer.

*edit: I have worked on farms raising and processing. I have hunted. And I fish often. Road kill is just a pointless death that upsets me.

• edit: yeah it should've been dispatched. I wish i could've put it out its misery. The initial person to hit it should've called it in. I tried to call it in to no avail. Unsure why I am down voted for trying to get it out of the left lane.