Friday, May 20, 2011

The Bleakest Park in the World


Nothing says come play in me like crumbling cement umbrellas, numerous trash piles (some still burning!) being picked over by crows, stray dogs, not a single child or recreationing human, and copious large-particulate smog.  Oh, and just off-screen is a metal slide with a large, jagged gash down the middle and a rough, rough dump-out of a landing.  Boyfriend went down it.  No tetanus or blood, but he did get really dirty which is a bigger problem than you think in a city without trustworthy water.

I always feel like a need to include a disclaimer in posts like this to aver that I'm not "judging" a country like Nepal for not having the resources for municipal upkeep, but its not like American (or European) cities have anything like pristine infrastructure.  Its flashy and politically beneficial to build it, but maintaining it?  Shit, that's for pinko commies. 

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