Cabrini Green has been almost entirely shut down and the area is being rapidly gentified. I wish I had bought a lot of property there seven or eight years ago, which I could have done dirt cheap. I'd be a multi-millionaire now.
Of course I agree about Oprah's "secret."
--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Oprah's ugly secret
>
> By continuing to hawk "The Secret," a mishmash of
> offensive self-help cliches, Oprah Winfrey is
> squandering her goodwill and influence, and
> preaching
> to the world that mammon is queen.
> "Venality," because
> Oprah,
> from a studio within walking distance of Chicago's
> notorious Cabrini Green Projects, pitches a book
> that
> says, "The only reason any person does not have
> enough
> money is because they are blocking money from coming
> to them with their thoughts."
>
> [...]
>
>
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/05/the_secret/
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