One of our relatives was in the Peace Corp. She and her husband were hired by a private corporation to help a poor African country when their tour ended.
Recently, when the Peace Corp came home around the world post Corona 19, the company offered to pay their way home or increased security to stay in Africa.
One of her cousins said, “Where they were in Africa was safer than their home in Chicago. So why not stay.”
They opted to stay in Africa.
“They opted to stay in Africa.”
As much as I hate the city, there are still areas that are near normal, but declining every day.
Where they were in Africa was safer than their home in Chicago.
I came back to near NW Chicago Christmas, 1967, 1 week before the Tet offensive. In 1968 there were 7 separate murders on my block, all by the same Street Gang. One of my teen age friends, loosely associated with one of the many other gangs, joined the Marines. He accurately figured it would be safer for him in Viet Nam than in Chicago.
That (and the murders) was my motivation to switch my focus from housing and urban renewal to youth in 1969.