SouthSide

It's been a long time since I posted something.. Things were kinda uncertain for some time and that's one thing I truly hate.. Not knowing what's around the corner.. I am a control freak in that sense. I know I should just try to let things be, but...

We saw the real south side of Chicago last weekend. See, we had to go to this store and since we didn't have a car, the only way was to take the train to the 47th street and then take the bus from there.. It's amazing how things change in just a short 20 min train ride.. Here I am living in Downtown Chicago; a bright gaily lit place with high rises, expensive malls and coffee stores on every corner, and just a few minutes from this enchanted place lies a place which seems to be just forsaken.. Boarded up windows and doors, people huddling for some warmth and I don't know.. there was just this tremendous feeling of despondency which seemed all-pervasive. Unless you have seen it, you wouldn't believe that this was America..I have seen poor places but this was simply not expected in this rich country.. More than the abject desolation, it was the feeling of hopelessness, a feeling that nothing good is ever going to happen here. Ever noticed how we tend to remember all good things and try to forget what is not to our liking.. In that sense, I think most people have just forgotten that such places still exist in the US.

Anyway, we didn't stay long in this place.. We were kinda anxious to get out of that place ASAP.. Seemed we were the only outsiders in that place. We took the bus to our destination, did our shopping, and came back home. But this time, we took another route to come home.. It was a bit longer, but we just couldn't do the same route again.