Urban Divide
In the metro, there is a great divide between the populace who live in closed communities and the one from the inner city. So different are the things that it's often imperceptible for the people on the other side of the fence. This goes both ways. Once, I worked freelance for a startup T-shirt company in Blumentritt, near the rundown part of the city. While it was mostly a telecommute set-up, where the owner and I would be exchanging emails back and forth, creative projects at times need some close attention. This would require me to travel across the big city from my place. The payout was hefty, but after finishing a number of projects, I decided to let go of the gig. The late-night travails posed too risky. One of the workers, in fact, carries a gun. And while there hasn't been a close call, but it deemed not worth it. I remember a few years back, a co-teacher of a close friend died near Boni-Edsa. A student was also gunned down inside a UV-FX in that area, the same place wh
