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Orlando Enrique Fiol

wrote:
>I hope Asian countries do not start modeling western nations in their
>city planning. I like the way the poor live not far from the
>rich. It even makes it easier to give them left over food instead
>of throwing away.

The other side of that reality, at least in most American cities, is
that the poor often turn to crime when constantly bombarded with
pressure to possess and consume without being given many legal
opportunities to earn enough through work to make that possible. Raised
to think they have no value if they don't have fancy bling bling, many
become impatient with their lot and eventually resort to simply stealing
or even killing for what they can't afford.

Orlando