miércoles, marzo 23, 2005

El habitante urbano va haciendo suya la esencia de la ciudad participando en ritos diarios llenos de complejos detalles que un forastero no entendería. Es un proceso de apoderamiento diario, metódico y sutil; pero a la vez inconsciente, maquinal. La mayoría de los caraqueños instituye este proceso de apoderamiento a través del tráfico, de la calle. Porque el tráfico es su esencia, es lo verdaderamente característico de este valle. Todo en esta ciudad se nutre y se condiciona al tráfico. El tráfico fija nuestra rutina diaria, nos roba una hora de sueño, nos priva del almuerzo en casa y de la olvidada siesta, nos sujeta al esclavismo de la programación radial, nos hace llegar tarde, nos restriega en la cara la ineficiencia y el desorden gubernamental, nos hace mudarnos de aquí para allá, nos deja quietos o nos mueve a su antojo.


Lo mismo puede decirse de la criminalidad citadina. En esta ciudad el crimen se burla de la estadística porque las probabilidades de ser atracado o secuestrado son irrelevantes: no es que somos víctimas en potencia, somos todos víctimas futuras. El crimen viste nuestras casas de rejas, candados y pasadores dobles, desactiva los botones del elevador y del intercomunicador de nuestros edificios, obliga a la llamada trasnochada de arribo a nuestro hogar, compra teléfonos celulares a toda la familia, instala puertas blindadas, hace sonar alarmas, poner papel oscuro en las ventanas del auto, impone toque de queda y fija el parte policial del lunes. Sin crimen y sin tráfico, Caracas no es Caracas.


En contraste, en otras urbes más desarrolladas el habitante establece su relación con la ciudad a través de vivencias que si bien son tan colectivas como el tráfico, transcurren en ambientes en los que el auto es prescindible y el crimen no acosa: parques, teatros, museos, distritos históricos, etc. La experiencia diaria es entonces genuinamente urbana, casi elitesca. El lugareño recibe un bombardeo sensorial estimulante que afina los sentidos, agiliza su pensamiento y lo convierte en un verdadero citadino.


Los estímulos que recibe el caraqueño son más bien anti-estímulos que achican, amilanan y secuestran la creatividad. La vida diaria se convierte en una sucesión interminable de incomodidades y peligros absurdos que apenas si pueden ser desahogados en el socializar diario. Un socializar que, por cierto, muere poco a poco ahogado en una urbe acosada por el crimen y el tráfico.

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