I am learning quite a lot from ladies at the shelter. Through them I became aware that a personal relationship to a city is defined by individual socioeconomics realities.
We were driving through Capitol Hill to the shul for a night, and a new lady was pointing out various places in the city. This place has a free breakfast on Mondays, this church has free lunch on Thursdays, and that center allows people to stay inside during cold weather.
I was looking where she was pointing, and thinking “This place has great salsa on Wednesdays, that one has a good happy hour on Thursday nights, and this one features energetic Bollywood nights…”
We live in the same city, but our individual cities are worlds apart…
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