Sorry, i don't agree with your assessment. i grew up on mohihi street almostt my whole life before i bought a home in sea country, which i sold and then moved to the mainland. I stopped with that victim mentality in my late teens. People need to take responsibility for their community, which for the most part they don't.  I know alot of people from the westside that make it and not succumb to the "trap". So yes, by sheer will and determination, the populace can rise above the impoverishment.