I AM REFLECTED IN THE WINDOW GLASS.
INVOLUNTARY COSMOPOLITANISM.
VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA IS A COSMOPOLITAN CITY. MONTREAL WHERE I WAS BORN, WAS VERY COSMOPOLITAN WHEN I LIVED THERE BEFORE 1966. THERE WERE MANY LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL POPULATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE INTERMINGLING SOLITUDES WAS SIMPLY PART OF NORMAL LIFE. THERE WERE SOME CULTURAL GROUPS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH MIGHT HAVE TO BE AVOIDED FOR REASONS OF PERSONAL OR PROPERTY SAFETY. CARE WOULD HAVE TO BE EXERCISED IF ONE WAS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE A PART OF THE DANGEROUS POPULATION, PARTICULARLY IF ONE HAPPENED TO LIVE IN OR EVEN NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD OF ILL REPUTE. LOW INCOME PERSONS WOULD HAVE TO RESIDE IN OR NEAR THE LOW PROPERTY VALUE LOW RENT DISTRICT. I WAS NOT CAPABLE OF BUYING OR RENTING IN ANY REALLY DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. UNLESS I MOVED TO A LOW PRICED RURAL AREA I WOULD BE STUCK WITH THE STIGMA OF AND SUBJECTED TO THE PREDATION WHICH OCCURRED IN UNDESIRABLE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE SOLUTION INVOLVED MOVING THROUGH MANY CULTURES WITHOUT
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