Hi and welcome to Urban Pictionary! Over the next 10 weeks, we give you an in-depth view of urban areas, their issues and joys through the eyes of those individuals who know best...those on the street. Our aim is to provide coverage on and commentary from individuals who bring life, culture and character to urban areas as vagrants, entertainers or merchants. The main locations of focus will include Port-of-Spain, Tunapuna and Curepe.
Today we seek to establish why the cities of Trinidad and by the extension, the cities of the Caribbean are so dynamic.
Below are two photos, one of London and the other of Port-of-Spain. In the spirit of Pictionary, can you guess the location of each photo?
#ofcourseyoucan
But what clues derive your answer? Is it the stall in photo #1 set up on the sidewalk which signals "that has to be Trinidad" or the better organization and advertising in photo #2 that makes you go "hmmm, this is London". The fact is that the vendors on the sidewalk, the lack of urban planning and in some cases the lack of technology for advertising make Caribbean cities what they are. Our cities have an openness which evokes a warm and relaxed feeling on the streets as opposed to the fast pace of First World cities #Caribbeanvybez
Stay tuned for our upcoming blog next Friday. From the writers of Urban Pictionary, God speed!!
Good comparison, but you could have also found parts of the city that more closely resembled.
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