We did lots of interviews - talked with at least 18 different people, and attended a number of city meetings. We traveled to various neighborhoods around Seattle.
Last night I finally got to sleep. This has been a massive amount of information - the landscape of a city, everything people are saying, observing crowds, and watching Anna as she does her journalism magic - zeroing in on interesting people to talk to, and then meeting them and listening to each of them talk for an hour. The giant puzzle is starting to come together.
This is exactly what I hoped this would be.
I’m interested in the theme of trust/mistrust as it relates to the city. A woman who was the lawyer speaking at a rowdy public forum about police accountability said that she thinks that the main issue is the issue of lack of trust between residents and the police. Someone else said that people want a peaceful city to live in - that’s the ultimate goal.
I have so many thoughts and haven’t even processed one tenth of the information I’ve received.