Walking Journal: W North Ave. Bridge

The relationship between safety and risk is that the city is is socially divided between the poor and wealthy neighborhoods; where the nicer neighborhoods are more taken care of, and the poorer neighborhoods aren’t. Also there are more lower income people living in these places, thus, more more crimes occur there. Walking in the city has a sense of transgression because some of the sidewalks are jagged or cracked, and it almost feels like you’re walking someplace you shouldn’t. At night especially some of the streets get really quiet, while in a better neighborhood like Lincoln Park, everybody’s still buzzing about as if it were still day time. In conclusion, where you live could affect how and when you walk, and also how you carry yourself, how aware you are of your surroundings. Whether it be Lincoln Park or the south side, we all still walk, but we all walk differently.