Introducing Place

Introducing Place

Throughout the world there are countless homes and places to live. Some people are fortunate enough to live someplace nice, and others are not so lucky and live in a very rough area. When investigating Miranda Richardson’s hometown of Dublin, Ohio, there were many positive aspects about the homes, people, schools, and surroundings of the community, as well as a couple areas that need improvement too.

Most of the people and families living in Dublin are employed with good jobs and are considered to be the upper middle class. With the wealthy society, comes a very low crime rate. The neighborhood of Miranda Richardson called Dublinshire is a pretty traditional setup with a public pool, elementary school, and a park where kids can play. Her home is on a court, contains 3 levels, and has a big backyard. This is a pretty common home one would compare to the great “American Dream.” It has everything from having successful jobs to schools. Dublin’s school system is in Franklin County, which is well knowledgeable with well-educated teachers and is ranked very high in the state of Ohio. Dublin is always caring about the community and is constantly renovating and taking care of its schools. The sports programs at Miranda’s high school are very good. They are known for having many state championships in football, volleyball, and soccer. Her public school, which is named Dublin Coffman High School, contains about 1,800 students with a 440 student graduating class. With all these people in the schools and the community, the diversity is fairly small. The population is mainly white, with a small African American, Asian, and Indian population. This was surprising because in the community where I live the diversity is off the charts. The religion in Dublin is also very one sided with it mainly being Catholic. However, Dublin is known for it’s Irish name and heritage, where they host an Irish fest every August with bands, food, and dancing.

Dublin is one of the main suburbs outside the city of Columbus, the capital of Ohio. Columbus is considered downtown where a lot of jobs are and where the Ohio State University campus is located. The Ohio State stadium and the Hunnington Park Baseball Stadium are also present downtown. As for professional sports, football star Brady Quinn gets a lot of fans from playing at Notre Dame and is currently on the NFL team for the Denver Broncos. What makes him special for Dublin is he went to Miranda’s Coffman high school. Having a celebrity that went to someone’s school is very cool. For myself, I can relate in saying that the band OAR went to my high school. As for the NFL, the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals’ fans are split. There are many hot spots around Dublin people love to go to. A mall right by the Dublin community called Eastern Town Center is a great place that has a variety of stores, restaurants, and a movie theatre. Cedar Point amusement park is also a place near Dublin that is nationally known where people love to go. Which I can personally say is a lot of fun. There are also beaches as close as 3 hours by car called the Put-in-Bay in Sanduskey Northern Ohio.

With all these great aspects of the city of Dublin, there are some flaws that Miranda’s community needs to address. There is a lot of construction mostly on the roads. There is not much traffic in Dublin, however there is a lot of traffic when heading toward Columbus. When it comes to some of the people of Dublin they are very competitive. Because of the rich communities, people try to compete with one another of who is wealthier, which means a lot of snobbery in people and stereotypes.

Overall, Dublin would be a place Miranda would return to. If she didn’t move back there she would definitely like to move to a place very similar to it. When analyzing the town of Dublin, I saw a glimpse of my own hometown in the description. I always thought that my hometown was unique and had it’s own ways, but when comparing Dublin to my hometown, things seemed pretty similar. I realized that there are a lot of other places that are comparable to where I grew up, and then there are those that are completely different as well. Driving from my hometown of Maryland to Ohio, we went through these little communities that opposite to mine have nothing. It’s like going into a completely different world with different walls. It’s so different the way homes are built and their surroundings. This huge world has so many communities that no one knows what’s out there, and people are only used to their own little niche.