Wow. There is so much raw hatred for other people in this region, in both the city and the suburbs. It's not everyone, but far too many of all races harbor casual racism in their hearts, and it's getting worse with the current economic situation. Some folks seem to hate each other as hard as they can simply because of their race or socioeconomic class, and then expect the region to be blessed and prosper. You can't build anything productive out of hate.
Light rail systems are meant to connect people to goods and services, and to each other. Of course we won't have this in our region until people stop celebrating dysfunction and getting off on social disconnect. And that goes for city and suburb alike.
To quote The Color Purple, until we do right by each other, everything we even think about will fail.
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