When ever I see a photograph like this it makes me wonder how the residents deal with the normal things in everyday life, such as shopping for food and bringing home bags of groceries, buying a piece of furniture or throwing out a piece of furniture, and how many things I take for granted living in my ranch style house with a driveway and garage and creek five houses away to walk along for exercise and where do kids play and how do elderly deal with the steps. When I went to art school and drove a cab nights in Cambridge MA I thought cabs were for people with some extra money but my regular fares were mostly low income people needing a ride back (not to, they walked there) from the grocery store or anytime they bought something too heavy to carry home. David, often when I look at your photographs I am wondering how these people live and how their everyday life might be different from mine.
We marvel at how people live here during every visit. Speaking very little Spanish, for the most part we only watch, and make assumptions. Cabs are plentiful, and cheap for us, but buses seem to be the most popular for locals. But as you’ve observed, that maybe only gets you to your street, getting to your door is quite a hike in many instances.
When ever I see a photograph like this it makes me wonder how the residents deal with the normal things in everyday life, such as shopping for food and bringing home bags of groceries, buying a piece of furniture or throwing out a piece of furniture, and how many things I take for granted living in my ranch style house with a driveway and garage and creek five houses away to walk along for exercise and where do kids play and how do elderly deal with the steps. When I went to art school and drove a cab nights in Cambridge MA I thought cabs were for people with some extra money but my regular fares were mostly low income people needing a ride back (not to, they walked there) from the grocery store or anytime they bought something too heavy to carry home. David, often when I look at your photographs I am wondering how these people live and how their everyday life might be different from mine.
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We marvel at how people live here during every visit. Speaking very little Spanish, for the most part we only watch, and make assumptions. Cabs are plentiful, and cheap for us, but buses seem to be the most popular for locals. But as you’ve observed, that maybe only gets you to your street, getting to your door is quite a hike in many instances.
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