Tag: displacement

  • I Voted! / He Votado!

    Hi! Fellow urban dweller here, guest blogging for the DISPLACEMENT series. In light of the Prez’s upcoming re-inauguration, here is a reflection on my first voting experience in North Philly, originally written this past election. I received invites from two bloggers named Dave (one in Delaware, one in California) to write about the location where…

  • Is it safe?

    This author is DM, a nurse practitioner living in North Philadelphia, and one of the sources of living inspiration for what I am doing now. This is part of our Displacement series. If you would like to contribute a story of your own, send an e-mail to submissions@theurbanresident.com. — Whenever people who know Philadelphia’s neighborhoods…

  • Displacement: An Introduction

    True to form, there was a new group of people sitting around the dining room table, which had only gotten more chipped and rickety in the past few months.  Again we came from very different backgrounds, but this group was particularly unique in that most were from out of town: people who had also chosen…