Now I live in San Francisco, arguably the most racially integrated city in the USA. While the city's not technically segregated, the collective psyche is one of mistrust, inequity, and greed, on both sides of the racial divide. Unlike most cities, it's really hard to tell which is which. Like any city, there are great people in Cairo and there are awful people in Cairo. In 1967, the city underwent days of violent race riots.
On the other hand, the city was one of the Union cities most plagued by segregation and therefore most polarized by the civil rights movement. My hometown holds a position in literature as the beacon of hope for Mark Twain's ex-slave Jim, and in reality as an important link in the underground railroad. This can start with a small bump that looks like a pimple or acne, but that quickly turns into a hard, painful red. With its population arguably below 1500 people and its unemployment well over 50%, the dead city is still alive with emotion, politics, and greed.Īs the southernmost point in the union, Cairo's racial attitudes are a complicated history worthy of scholarly study. Sometimes MRSA can cause an abscess or boil. so imagine what it's like to live there and to have roots there. It is depressing simply as a pass-through town for tourists like the OP (to an inspiring extent - see Stace England's album at, or its piece in Neil Gaiman's book American Gods). I can tell you that it is most certainly special.
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