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Why would you raise your child up in a high crime neighborhood?

And dont say bc you dont have a choice. There is almost always a choice. There are other options. There are safe places to live that offer section 8.
Tomorrow · 56-60, F
There are always waiting lists for subsidized housing. You can't get right in and some on fixed incomes and at poverty level don't have money do go else where nor relatives to stay with while they wait. Often, a low cost bad neighborhood is the best someone can do. If there were alway choices, homelessness wouldn't be a problem either.
HerKing · 61-69, M
Presumably then you'll be charitable enough to dig in your pocket and fund any family that wants to move out of a high crime neighbourhood to a safer place?
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HerKing · 61-69, M
@ISpeakTheTruth There's the rub then...You answered your own question.

[quote]Why would you raise your child up in a high crime neighborhood?[/quote]

A couple of reasons: They tend to be rented accommodation and not cheap, tens of millions in America live week to week and have no option but to live where they do. And as no-one is going to dig them out they stay where they are even though they don't choose it.
You mean like people from rural, remote areas of the U.S. have a choice to join the military, work a fast food job or strip?
coary987 · M
What is section 8?
Sorry I never heard of that I am in Scotland.
Tomorrow · 56-60, F
@coary987 Basically the government aids in rent payments above a set percentage of income. There is more to it, a calculation formula and criteria that must be met, but essentially a government subsidy program.
coary987 · M
@Tomorrow thanks never new that one.

 
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