Walking Journal # 6

I took the same route I usually do at night, but instead I did it through the day. As walking in the early afternoon I realized that all the streets around my block are like ads, ads for places to park for free. Every day when I drive away during the day, I am never able to find a place to park when I get back because all these other students needed a place to park. I figured out that this plays onto the politics of mobility. For instance, if one cannot afford to pay for a parking pass at UNR, he or she will find the closest free parking (all the streets around my neighborhood). Although this is an odd form of an ad, I saw no other physical ads on my route. Also, Downtown Reno does not have as much significance during the day as it does at night because it is merely plain buildings/skyscrapers during the day.

            Another thing I noticed during the day that I do not at night, maybe it is not relevant, but that many people, more so within the poor class, go searching for glass bottles and aluminum cans in trashes to earn money. This shows how this neighborhood is on the lower end because of the need for money to that extreme. Finally, I noticed how many cars drive on the streets I cross and get so aggravated at students walking to school. I believe this changes at night because it seems like drivers are in a calmer mood and do not get so irritated by students walking in the crosswalk. Furthermore, with the last statement, I am just highlighting how it seems even moods change in my neighborhood depending on whether it is day or night.