When TAL did the series on the high school in Chicago, I went google-touristing. And so many of those blocks I traversed, yeah, they looked like these blocks of Baltimore. Not the bombed out devastation of N. Monroe and many other areas, but worn but still somewhat tended older family homes. Written off at ChIraq, or Baltimore City.
I don't even know.
Chiming in from my beloved Oakland. I hear ya.
This city I love, so broken in ways.
My neighborhood is fighting SO HARD in the face of gangs and shootings and drug deals that take place in broad daylight. There's so much good in my neighborhood, and so much deep, systemic damage.
hugs her little suburban neighborhood tight
Hey, I am on vacation!
It's just depressing, you know? This city I love, so broken in ways.
It makes complete sense to me, Sarameg.
mazda.com informs me my car is due for its 10K service.
I haven't broken 2K yet (will shortly, but...) Heh.
My dad should be going home from the hospital. They did a cardiac inversion which seems to have gotten his heart going in a rhythm that works. It's -16 below at their house today.
Oh yay, Kat!
Why Somerville, which is just as diverse (economically and culturally) and dense as you can get doesn't have these kind of problems, I have no idea, truly. I just pray that whatever "they're" doing they keep doing.