Blacks in Chicago See Neighborhoods Beset by Crime, Isolation, and Worry

Well, once again, to slightly paraphrase Glenn Reynolds, "WHY ARE DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES SUCH CESSPITS OF OFFICIAL FEAR, CRIME, AND NEIGHBORHOOD INSECURITY?"

Seriously, this is just terrible.

At the New York Times, "For Black Chicagoans, Isolation, Frustration and Worry":

African-Americans in Chicago see their neighborhoods beset by crime, isolation and worry https://t.co/nnbNLduJeO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 6, 2016

Chicago, unsettled by a crime wave and a troubling police shooting, is in a grim mood. The outlook is clearly bleaker in some areas than others. African-Americans, especially, see their neighborhoods as beset by crime, bad schools and a host of obstacles to a better life for their children.

A survey of 1,123 Chicagoans from April 21 to May 3 found a majority of every race agreeing that the city has veered off course and that the mayor is not addressing their needs.

But when it comes to life in their neighborhoods, people in different groups describe substantially different experiences. Crime, for instance, is a greater concern for blacks in particular.

And in a city with a history of racial segregation, blacks see their neighborhoods as more isolated than people of other races do.

But the worst thing about their neighborhoods, and one of the biggest contrasts between blacks and other races in the poll, had to do with children.

When it comes to raising children, blacks and Hispanics see obstacles that most whites aren’t worried about.

Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to say they want to get out of their neighborhoods, and indeed, out of Chicago entirely.

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