The Castro

Hello People!
Well, yesterday we went to the Castro in San Francisco, which I have never visited before. I didn’t even know that it was close from Mission Street. It is very obvious when you enter the castro area because you get the feel of a different and united community. One thing that stood out for me where the colorful flags that were around that area representing homosexuality in the community. The streets in San Francisco are very different from the ones we have here in Oakland. Some of those differences include the steepness of those streets, which is one of the many reasons why we were exhausted yesterday. There was something different in this area than the other places we have visited, and I feel like maybe it had to do with the fact that most of the stores that are located in that area have been there for many years, so it is like a united community.
One thing that really surprised me was how everywhere you would go you could find those flags, even at a Walgreen’s. For some reason I feel like I assumed that it would be easier to interview people in this area, but I must say that it was the same as all of the other places that we have visited so far. It is not that they were not nice, actually everyone was very polite, but some just didn’t want to get recorder or were too busy. If that was the case, they still wished us good luck with the project and apologies. We did not come across a person that was rude or mean about it. The only case that was kind of close to that was when we went into an adult store without realizing it, of course we had to get out. The guy from the store didn’t kick us out, we knew and wanted to get out. The thing is that once we got out of the store, we tried to see if there was a sign “ 18 or older only” but no sign was visible. It was also hard to tell that it was an adult store because they had a lot of messenger bangs, bracelets, and etc. Well, overall I really enjoyed my visit to the Castro!