Originally Posted by Bostonian
It is simplistic to write as if these are the only two choices.
"as if"?
I just type a brief post. I couldn't be bothered typing out every conceivable nuance and caveat.

Originally Posted by ultramarina
22B, you know one can be poor and not live in a neighborhood where random passerby murder is likely, yes?
I live in a place that does in fact have a very high murder rate (and other crime). If you look at a homicide map it is obvious that the murders are concentrated in areas of high poverty. There is a very real risk in going into these areas, and I am not prepared to take that risk. This is also one big reason why we do not put our kids into the gifted programs, since they are strategically located in bad parts of town.