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In this book I continued my research on the East Side of Austin. I wanted to focus in on the personal identity of the Eastsider. Stepping away from gentrification, my goal was to take a look at their connection to the neighborhood, their personal cultural practices. Private life is usually so secret so the idea of discovering what people are like through this project was very interesting to me. My goal was to collect images and interviews from residents in the east side of Austin, however this was actually very difficult to accomplish because people are not very willing to share their personal lives, which is understandable. I was lucky to find one resident, so I decided to add more content and share my own personal story with the audience.