Field Trip Journal: Raval

Raval used to be a neighborhood that had many drug dealers and prostitutes. All one has to do to obtain drugs or prostitutes is visit Raval. Raval used to be a neighborhood that had many drug dealers and prostitutes. All one has to do to obtain drugs or prostitutes is visit Raval. The Modern Art Museum was created in this area in order to draw tourists and locals. The museum is known for its fin art and its artistic exhibits. Museums are notorious for brining in a more sophisticated and well-off crowd. Due to this new Museum now situated in the area once known as the ghetto a whole new crowd of people arrived, this time drug free and clean. the city created a trash system that cleared the streets of all garbage. The next move consecutively to improve the lifestyle of Raval was to clean the area up. They created an underground system for the garbage so that the trash would not stink up the neighborhood. Due to these two major changes, the city was able to significantly clean the streets of Raval and make the area a much more livable for families making it much safer than it previously was. The creation of cultural buildings like th the Modern Art Museum, and cleaning up the streets, the city was able to change the entire crowd of people that hung around there. By changing the population of individuals that spend time in Raval, it also eliminated the safety issue of the area. The new crowd of wealthy people put the drug dealers out of business because there were no more junkies to sell to. Drugs, junkies and prostitutes almost completely disappeared from Raval. If you haven’t been to Raval I suggest that you go because it is one of the coolest parts of Barcelona.