&gt;This is absolutely not true. Have you ever lived in an inner city? Yes some people are fighting with each other but if you act respectfully, you&#x27;ll be left alone.<p>I&#x27;ve lived in downtown areas of Chicago and DC, but never what people mean when they say &quot;inner city&quot; (i.e. ghetto).<p>They won&#x27;t leave you alone. They&#x27;ll rob you or break into your car. Criminals murder and steal from the people who live there at alarming rates.<p>They don&#x27;t really leave the ghetto (other than one summer when kids did flash mobs in Chicago). So I could live in Chicago and feel entirely safe.<p>But last time I spent time in Englewood--a woman I was meeting with had her car broken into within 15minutes of parking on a major intersection.<p>&gt;As someone who&#x27;s lived in all manner of socioeconomic areas of the US, I would say without hesitation that the biggest problem here is the cost of healthcare, education and housing.<p>These are extremely middle class problems. Most people don&#x27;t need or want a post-secondary education. 85% people have healthcare coverage. Housing is only bad in a few upper middle class areas.