ambiance, adjacency, area, aura

My old bedroom at 20 Friar Street is on the market. A man called Ivan rents it out for € 380,- a month, house share. “A beautiful town house, 5 mins. from the city centre, that would suit a professional or student”. I look at the photos online. There’s a washing machine and a dishwasher these days. Microwave and internet. The cupboards in the kitchen are the same. Ivan likes candles and there’s a dreamcatcher on his wall. He doesn’t mind dogs but he’s no big fan of plants. I wonder if I’ll meet him. I wonder who’s going to be the new tenant.

Books I’m reading:
Species of Spaces - Georges Perec
Watching the stars (a field guide)
Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
Animal, vegetable, miracle - Barbara Kingsolver

I suddenly realised I’m about the age my mother was when I first went to Cork. That’s intriguing.

locality
1: the fact or condition of having a location in space or time
2: a particular place, situation or location

Main Entry: locality
Definition: environment
Synonyms: ambiance, adjacency, area, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, environs, habitat, hood, jungle, locale, location, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, vicinity, zoo

Main Entry: locality
Definition: neighborhood
Synonyms: adjacency, area, belt, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle, locale, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo

Main Entry: locale/locality
Definition: physical setting
Synonyms: area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone

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