One night, three years ago, I left my middle class suburban home and jumped into my old beat-up Cadillac. With no purpose in mind, I started driving. Determining that I wanted to go walking in uptown Charlotte and deciding to find out what all the hype was about, I merged onto the interstate. My car smoked and coughed like an emphysema-ridden man who smoked two packs a day. Worried that I would not reach my goal, I nervously sped until I reached what I considered "uptown". My limited small-town etiquette did not prescribe what to do in this strange, new world; the parking meters stumped me. There were not many places to park, and I was worried the caddy would get towed, so I parked in the only vacant lot. Ignorant of what kind of people I would find, I climbed out of my car and into the night.
The gravel, crunching underfoot, slid. I picked up my pace and made my way towards boisterous uptown. The brightly burning flame of city flickered slightly here towards the back streets and alleys. It is always day
I found the source of light-the club scene-and in this scene, I discovered the true animals-the party animals. They stumbled around in their designer jeans and triple-starched shirts, flaunting their wealth. Frat-boys, young professionals-Mom and Dad had been good to them, and what better way to spend their parents' hard-earned money than by going on a drinking spree with all their upper-class buddies. This was the dominating class I saw. Why were these people drinking? They had homes and food. Their arrogant, flaunting ways sickened me, as they must have sickened the street preacher.
Did any of these people enjoy the big-city life? The homeless, which where all stereotyped as drunks, could not have liked living in the forsaken, dark alleys. The street preacher, who must have felt a call to fight his worthless battle in front of the nightclubs, most likely did not enjoy the harassment he received from the "party-animals". And they, the careless upper-class drunkards, would wake up in the morning (if they all did wake
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