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To: tejek who wrote (280971)	3/20/2006 3:07:46 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575146

the nytimes? Wonder if any of it is true?

To: tejek who wrote (280971)	3/20/2006 11:36:50 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575146

Those statistics are sad. Safety tends to be money based. If you have a lot of money, you get to live in a safe area, otherwise you don't. I was speaking to a woman in an inner city and I asked her how folks were making money. There did seem to be a bit of an improvement from a job employment perspective, so was curious what changed. She said some had jobs and hiring was better, but others didn't and she said something about unemployed people doing hustling for income. What is hustling? Is that drugs or prostitution? She turned red in the face after she said it and changed the topic, so I assume it's something that's not good. The impression I had from her, is there simply aren't the job opportunities for many and it's hard for people to get out. But she and her friends were doing quite well at cleaning jobs and her friends were buying homes in better places located in the country. It's nice a black person can feel safe moving into the country nowadays. She was renting an apartment, her expenses were impressively low and she was saving money to buy a house in the country too. But the impression I had is the formula out of the inner city tended to be a) get a cleaning job, b) live with your Mom to save money, then c) move to the country to a safer area. The problem for men might be, how many people refuse to hire a man for housecleaning? There should be job programs. Regards, Amy J