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Let’s not forget that a good portion of those who are stuck in poverty are there becuase of crippling alcoholism and drug addiction. Immigrants who are willing to work hard, learn a new skill, or study in school while they are young will be on the path to the middle class in no time.
The biggest obstacle to success for our children is absent, abusive, susbstance abusing parents. If a child has two adults (mom, dad, Uncle, grandparents, older sibling, whoever) there to show them the right path, their chances for middle class success are huge. It’s those who are born into broken families are the ones that are screwed. No amount of affordable housing or ethnic communities will ever fix that. In fact, gang infested, ethnic communities may make their chances at succes even worse. Because of that, let rehabilitation of old building stock and new construction flourish in ever neighborhood of Chicago!