{"id":335,"date":"2004-03-30T00:47:43","date_gmt":"2004-03-30T00:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=335"},"modified":"2022-02-23T01:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T01:20:10","slug":"how-55401-has-changed-in-the-past-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2004\/03\/30\/how-55401-has-changed-in-the-past-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"How 55401 has changed in the past 10 years…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I moved to the zip code 55401 almost 10 years ago, and remembered the first night while unpacking my suitcase when I ordered a pizza:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Flashback Mode ON]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PH: “Pizza Hut, can I take your order?”
LL: “Yes I would like to order a pizza”
PH: “Can I have your zip code please”
LL: “55401”
PH: “Sir, sorry – we do not deliver to your zip code”
LL: “What? What do you mean you don’t deliver to my zip code”
PH: “Again, sorry. 55401 has been labelled a ‘no delivery’ zone due to the crime rate in the neighborhood”
LL: “?????”
PH: “Is there something else I can help you with, sir?”
LL: “Well, if you’re Pizza Hut, and you can’t deliver pizza to me, I suppose not”
PH: “Have a good evening”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Flashback Mode OFF]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight sitting in my apartment, looking out my window at my now partially-blocked view of the Mississippi, I realized how the 55401 zip code (especially the Warehouse District which I call home) has changed in the past 10 years. Not only will Pizza Hut deliver, but so will Dominos, Papa Murphys, and at least 10 more restaurants in the area. I can also walk 3 blocks to a bar where you can get a back massage while sipping a Martini<\/a>, an extra block to enjoy authentic Latin Carribbean cuisine<\/a>, then wind down at a bar where DJs spin chill-out music all night<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then tonight I stumbled upon a web site showing those living around me who have made presidential campaign contributions<\/a> – to find out that my neighboring residents consist of CEOs, lawyers, university professors… and then ME.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I moved to the zip code 55401 almost 10 years ago, and remembered the first night while unpacking my suitcase when I ordered a pizza: [Flashback Mode ON] PH: “Pizza Hut, can I take your order?”LL: “Yes I would like to order a pizza”PH: “Can I have your zip code please”LL: “55401”PH: “Sir, sorry –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-32.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}