Hanif Abdurraqib

Good, brother.

Good to see you.

Yeah, take a donut.

I'm a big sneaker guy.

And when I was coming up, sneaker boutiques were not as popular.

Now there's sneaker boutiques everywhere.

And Heat Archive is interesting because they're local guys.

You have so many incredible shoes.

They're so caring and thoughtful for our young folks.

And they don't really talk about it that much, but like if kids come in with a good report card, they'll give them a pair of sneakers for free.

Or if a kid comes in and doesn't have enough money for the pair that he wants, they'll like take care of them.

It feels like as much of a community hub as a sneaker shop can be.

This is what we love to do and have a big passion for.

So bringing this here, like growing up,

It was like our dream.

I think...

The relationship with one's place of origin is, by definition, I think, a contentious one because you don't choose it.

A place is something that happens to you.

What keeps me here, I guess I can't speak to why people leave, but there is one woman on a street in East Columbus who has held onto her house no matter what.

She's been offered so much money, been offered so much to move out of that house because if she moves out of that house, it is...