A mother takes her children to the neighborhood park after school, the playground equipment worn and outdated compared to the newer park on the other side of town, the grass patchy, the benches broken, the trash cans overflowing because collection happens less frequently here than in wealthier neighborhoods, her children playing anyway because this is what they have, the disparity between this park and the one she drove past on her way to work communicating daily what her neighborhood is worth to those who make decisions about public investment, the public space that belongs to everyone in