Home of the Ivy League Antioch College, head shops, hemp and Earth Friendly clothing and jewelry stores, several music stores (one specializing in hand made drums) and several specialty gift stores.
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Members of my family have been going in and out of this town and local environs since about 1805. Myself since about 1953. Just one question, where did all the East Coast Hippies come from? 😉 Tell Jorma K. to keep working on the blues riffs.
yellow springs is the greatest place in ohio even know i dont live there every time i go there i allways have fun the skate park needs to be rebuilt all the ramps are warped but its still fun except when a gay guy hit on me CREEPY
Hi, I live in yellow springs (2nd time around: first for a few years in 1978 and more recently for 3 years). I love it here because it is so diverse and there is a sense of community (yes we do have our local grouches too). I love the various characters we have in town, from the old hippies to the antioch students. There is some amazing talent here too: painters, sculptures, writers, poets, carpenters, jewellers, musicians,etc. You can walk in the glen and come across a man playing a flute, or a deer crossing the stream. There are vendors who sell a poem, a t shirt or soap from africa. You can sit next to dave chappelle one day, or a famous author the next, or the local cop who plays jazz in his spare time, or the town cat zeus.
Sad to say we no longer have a junk/antique shop (moladoor closed down) or any good vintage clothing stores, but we still have plenty of shops that have interesting things to explore.
Yellow Springs…What is Yellow Springs? Yellow Springs is a community of about 3700 people. We are cultural, educated, outspoken, beautiful, loving, open-minded, gay, straight, bi, black, white, asian, hispanic, Buddist, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindi, Ba’ hai, and so much more. But we can be a bit hipocritical, we love it here but get angry at the tourists, we don’t mean to be rude, we need you, the tourist, You buy our goods eat our food and like us for what we are. I’m sorry we can be a “bit stand-offish” we don’t mean it, we are just proud, when you live here you get filled with the pride that you STAND for something, you are allowed your opinion, no matter what, and YOU the tourist have come to expect us to be that way. So if we curse in your presence and then beg you to come to our Fair (WHICH IS SATURDAY OCTOBER 8th, 2005, from 9-5, Music 12 – 7) please understand it’s only our way of saying thank you for coming here and laughing and loving both with us and at us. Just keep coming back, don’t just hike, SHOP, spend money, EAT, support us and we can always stay this way. Yellow Springs is a Utopia help us stay that way, help us be a part of something. And leave Dave alone, the guy just needs a vacation.
I live in dayton and have for all my life. as a child i used to go to yellow springs every week and me and my familia would walk around the town and in john bryant. it was fun and amazing. i have been going there for 17 years and still love it. I just laugh when people associate smoking and yellow springs, i mean yes there is some smoking in yelllow springs but that’s not what its all about, i feel its about freedom. YS is color blind and religious blind, its just everything blind.People can walk around and not have to worry about people staring at them, and labeling them. THe shops are great and the food is great, hell the whole towns great, and beautiful. YS is a melting pot of people. not just hippies and stoners but vets, people in the army, phsycic, poets, muscians, HA-HA pizza makers (hahah that’s for me). my step dad used to live there, and we were gonna move there but we didn’t and now i regret it. well peace, and don’t just come in wearing a shirt that says i smoke pot. please
Most of us who come to ys from out of town are not “tourists.” We are neighbors, former residents, friends of family, alumni, shoppers, seekers, or just people wanting to connect with like minded folks in a pleasant surround. We do not arrive on tour busses, or cruise ships, we come from the earth that is close by and connected to all. Peace.
to ysbornandraised:”now those benches are gone because grubby local youth and the “hippies” who provide the town with “local color” are apparently not condusive to tourists shopping for nag chamba and bongs to take back to the burbs.”
I am in emporium or dinos almost every day, I see people on the the benches on the side of emporium and outside toms market, or on the stoop by toms market door all the time (well its getting a bit chilly now). I know there are some who complain about it, but heck with them, hasn’t stopped the locals from enjoying the benches that are still available. Last week I was listening to a guy playing his accordian outside current cuisine, and someone was playing his bongos up the street. In kings yard there is now a platform for musicians to set up their gear and play (yes I know roger probably charges for that). When the weather is nice I have seen impromptu musical gatherings in the farmers market or at dairy freeze. Poets corner at the dairy freeze has moved to emprorium for the winter season I believe.
Me I LOVE yellow springs, and all that it entails, the odd characters, the hippies on the benches, the weird mix of old and new houses, the murals in keiths alley, and the list could go on.
Can anyone confirm that Chapelle lives in Y.S.?
I love yellowsprings. I recently visited it form y first time a few weeks agfo and went strolling among the park. I was very relaxed and definately loved all the little shops. I dream of moving there after I graduate this year and hopefully go to college at Antioch. Defiantely my perfect town.
Just wanted to comment on this statement.
>>>Yellow Springs” popularity, scenic location, and school system has made it a magnet for upper middle-class wage earners. This has driven property values through the roof (no pun intended).<< We first lived in a downstairs aparment on glen street in yellow springs in 78 and could barely make the rent. Talk about greedy owners, he charged us for a furnished apartment, right!! one crappy sofa and a mattress on the bedroom floor, a table in the kitchen. We lived in huber heights in 92 and still couldn't afford a house in yellow springs. It was only when we moved back in 2001 after making money on a house in jersey we could finally afford a house. House prices have always seemed to be just out of reach for us since the 70's, and the rents have always been high compared to nearby towns. there are some affordable houses and affordable rents, just not enough,you have to have keep your eyes and ears open for the deals. I would hate to think that only one economic group can afford to live in yellow springs, since it is the diversity of people ethnically, economically, socially, professionally, etc that makes this place special.
Just wanted to express a warm greeting to all who love Yellow Springs. May the power of this place remain strong for the generations to come. Hey Oh.
…. I grew up in YS. A nickname I remember for Yellow Springs in the early 70’s was “the jello palace”…..the town just shakes.
It’s not the anywhere the same now, but things change. Yellow Springs/Antioch was the nexis for psychedelics in Ohio in the mid lto late 1960’s
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yellow springs is my home i will never move and anyone who has anything to say about yellow springs is probably wrong. no one commonly gets murderd or gets in fights in ys. Every once an a while a fight may break out but say in NY you cant walk down the street with out seeing a fight i know i woulnt like to live in a place like that. Alot of hippies and what not may live in Ys but thats fine by me. Yellow Springs is my home and i love it here.
So check out the newest art gallery in town. It’s in the loo at the Chamber of Commerce train station.
http://www.sitekreator.com/chamberpotgallery
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I can confirm that Dave Chapelle actually lives inbetween Y.S. and Xenia OH
Not a friendly town. Tries to discourage visitors. Shopkeepers and others are extremely rude to outsiders. And there are no public restrooms anywhere within the city limits, so if you plan to stay for more than an hour or two (you won’t, given the chilly reception), you’ll have to resort to self-help.
Yellow Springs is so friendly! I love it here!! Stay at the Grinnell Mill Bed and Breakfast if you can get a room. The innkeeper is delightful and the breakfast is delicious!!
My daughter and I spent two days in Yellow Springs, and did not meet one unfriendly person. We stayed at Springs Cottage which was very clean, comfortable, and close to the shops. We will definitely be visiting again.