Setting Prisoners Free

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou Whether people want to admit it or not: Homelessness, poverty, and the need for housing are severe problems in Auckland and Chicago.  In  response to what I've seen and experienced, I've been writing a  post  about  7 Differences and 7 Similarities  between the 2 cities I've lived and worked in .  After realising writing this will be a long journey, I've decided to post each "difference" and "similarity" as separate posts.  He'd been working, a 10-hour shift of hard labour, he didn't have a home, so he lay on a park bench to get some shuteye. A lady was walking her dog past this man, when she loudly proclaimed, "Stay away from this vile man". In another act of callousness, again voiced loud enough for him to hear, she proclaimed how she didn't want her pet to get a disease from him. This fella told me a bout...

Rachael is invisible in this massively spread-out city called Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland, New Zealand). She tries to sleep in her car at a local petrol station every night. Many more are doing the same, just in different places and vehicles. She has a host of fears but also plenty of dreams. She isn't seen, she's forgotten, but she's there! Kenneth is visible in this condensed crowded city called Chicago. Every night he hides under a blanket and tries to sleep on the noisy El train that travels from one side of the town to the other. Many more are doing the same, just in different carriages and trains. He has a host of fears but continues to hope. He's seen, he's forgotten, but he's there! In this post, I will highlight 7 differences and 7 similarities I've observed between the two vastly different cities I've lived in. This list is not comprehensive by any stretch of the imagination, these are just my observations that stem from having worked over 25 ye...