We're Good at Crafting Narratives

i think it's temptingo to blame poverty on this process of neighborhood change, but it turns out to be so small. The forces driving the growth of poverty are so much more sweeping that that story just isn't a good explanation of the way the world works. We're attuned to the quick surge up in a bliss, but the long, slow decline we're not as attuned to because it happens slower and over a longer period of time.