We left New York with a good feeling, it showed us a lot, even if we spent there just a week. During the short journey, which took us from NYC to Philadelphia, we came in touch with a reality that the isolation of Manhattan hides carefully between the high skyscrapers… The endless metropolitan suburbs show their hard face, aged by the time and the negligence. Beside the huge highway, an agricultural territory develops, where fields and woods are interrupted by small villages or isolated ranches. It is a landscape completely different from the city and the modernity of the financial centers. The hostel we found here in Philadelphia is nice and friendly, in general the entire city appears more friendly than NYC. Obviously this same familiarity helps to show the clashing contrasts of our society: near luxurious bars and hotels survives a multitude of homelesses, “apparently” ignored by the other people. Our system makes the rest and who can’t follow the fast dynamics of our lifestyle, will live in the marginalization.
The nightlife of Philadelphia has excited us from the first day. Yesterday night we have been so lucky to take part to the concert of Cat Power. A nice guy gave us one of the two tickets, and the rest has been an intense performance: a warm voice and good arrangements.
Hi Sam,
we finally moved to Washington DC, but I feel something new is going on… thank you for the little time we spent together. Let’s keep in touch and maybe we will see you in Italy, one day!
Goodbye
Hey Moro & Cicci,
How’s it going? I hope you’re having fun, wherever you are!
Viewing Philly from the perspective of a visitor puts it in a new and very interesting light. Unfortunately, the contrast between the homeless and the well-to-do ceases to be glaring after having lived here for a while. I hope I will never come to perceive it as the “natural” state of things.
Thank you on behalf of Philadelphia for the flattering things you have said about it. ;-) I look forward to hearing about the continuation of your travels.
Take care,
Sam