Ever since the beginning of high school, then being when I was old enough to see past my parents’ enforced points of view, I have loved downtown areas. I know, you are probably like most people; the people who hate downtown areas. Downtown to most people symbolizes poverty, insanity, and mostly crime. When people think of it, they think of a grimy, noisy, litter-filled street with factories in the background where murder and thievery is taking place. As for me, I find it is so much more.
First of all, I do realize that there are people in these areas who do crime. I’m not blind, I just don’t let those people blind me to all the great aspects of downtown. On a more materialistic level, downtown has a huge variety of unique store (great for us whom enjoy finding non-mainstream items. It is bustling with antiques, artist studios, home-run restaurants…. and so much more. The buildings. Oh gee, the architecture. I can’t even fathom how to express my joy for the architecture downtown. All the buildings are unique; one of a kind. Because they are older, they also have plants growing on them, or chips in the wall, or graffiti. They tell stories. They are a record of time in our own backyard. Not only are the buildings unique, but so are the people. People don’t bother trying to fit into society’s cookie cutter and conform to the normal. No one cares, they just act themselves.
Downtown
No one is fake.
Why should they be?
Some have nothing
To live for.
No one
To impress.
They are REAL.
It is the closest
To reality
You will ever come.
It shows the world
For what it
REALLY
Is.
It shows
The anguish,
The sorrow
In everyone’s heart.
It shows how close
To the brink
Our mental state is.
Downtown
Is no worst
Than anywhere else.
It simply
Shows us
The world
As it really is.
That up there, that is another reason I like downtown. No facades. No lies. Just reality. Truth. I’d rather know and learn to live knowing than be ignorant to the reality we live in.
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