Well, scenes like this are pretty common near our house. There's Potrero Hill, a somewhat hip neighborhood. Then a few blocks over its an industrial, urban wasteland. Recently, I heard a story on NPR, I believe entitled, "The Chase". A journalist did a story about those that are pursued, and the pursuers. He traveled to the US/Mexico border where he talked with those gaurding the border, and those making the risky crossing. Then, he talked about a detective unit in NYC which pursues graffiti artists. One story was particularly captivating. It was about one artist who would disguise himself in a subway worker's uniform. He evidently wrote his entire autobiography on the walls of the NYC subway tunnels, a couple hundred pages worth of text I believe. Of course, graffiti is vandalism, but I find much of the type and imagery fascinating. Yet, since I'm a home owner, I also hope our building doesn't get tagged.
