life in NYC
C. Petersen
ottilie at u.washington.edu
Tue Jul 21 08:25:15 PDT 1998
>
> Thanks for the clarifications. I stand corrected. You were right, I was
> talking about Cabrini-Green. One thing comes to mind when reading this
> thread on the big cities. Am I alone in wondering when we'll see the effects
> of the Clinton's welfare reform kick in, as we approach the 2nd anniversary
> of its signing? By see, I mean things will start to occur whereby the cities
> will be forced to do something. I'm not an expert on welfare, but isn't it
> true that a large number of recipents (or now x-recipients) are rural
> people?
Yes. Everyone has forgotten about that. If there is also any sort of a
stock market downturn next year, or any other large problem in the U.S.,
that will make for an interesting millennium or 'bridge to the 21st
century'.
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