Apr 25

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East Coast Travelogue №2: The Colonization of Raleigh

What makes a city have an identity crisis? When does freedom of movement become abhorrently violent gentrification? What differentiates a community from a colony?

Sunny shop exteriors and graffiti bumper on Salisbury Street in Raleigh, North Carolina — A sunny day on Salisbury Street a few blocks from the Raleigh Convention Center, snapped by me

Previously, on Episode 1 of the Return to the East Coast Travelogue…

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East Coast Travelogue №2: The Colonization of Raleigh

What makes a city have an identity crisis? When does freedom of movement become abhorrently violent gentrification? What differentiates a community from a colony?

More from Rachel Presser

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