tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post112825557270699996..comments2023-10-02T07:55:24.415-04:00Comments on Words Matter: Support your local downtownJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1128338265495184052005-10-03T07:17:00.000-04:002005-10-03T07:17:00.000-04:00The comments are both very pertinent to the issue ...The comments are both very pertinent to the issue and I wasn't trying to minimize incidences of social dysfunction; on the contrary, I think the fact that there are issues with drugs, gangs and violence only strengthens my point. The loss of vital resources in urban areas have only been ascerbated by "white flight" and the associated sprawl that accompanied this.<BR/><BR/>I'm currently reading a great book on poverty by David K. Shipler, <I>The Working Poor</I>; Shipler's book dispels many of the myths about poverty and caricatures that often are associated with poverty.<BR/><BR/>When I see the dichotomy of unbridled wealth and crushing poverty, often side-by-side in our country, I ask, why does this have to be? Then again, I'm not an unapologetic champion of the capitalism that breeds this malady (neither am I a politician, or poverty pimp that grows rich by continuing our flawed social experiments).<BR/><BR/>There are no easy answers, but a start is always raising the questions and then moving on from there.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for weighing in on this.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1128299005572602132005-10-02T20:23:00.000-04:002005-10-02T20:23:00.000-04:00You are right about being able to walk around duri...You are right about being able to walk around during the day and being fairly safe but it is very unfortunate for the city of Worcester but there are areas where there is a lot of drug activity going on. I do not believe that I would want to be in them after dark. I don't know why this is but it was the same way in the area surrounding Providence College.<BR/>DottieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com