Nope. You wrote authoritatively but omitted the usual clarification of credibility (e.g. "I've lived there all my life"; "I graduated from Franciscan eight years ago"), so I thought I'd ask.
Also, people sometimes don't want to change for very good reason, and change is often bad. Especially in a downtrodden area like that, I think people are understandably distrustful of anything that upsets the status quo without offering substantial improvement.
A decade ago. Things change. They don't want change.
Do you live there?
I have friends who currently live there. Do you live there?
Nope. You wrote authoritatively but omitted the usual clarification of credibility (e.g. "I've lived there all my life"; "I graduated from Franciscan eight years ago"), so I thought I'd ask.
Also, people sometimes don't want to change for very good reason, and change is often bad. Especially in a downtrodden area like that, I think people are understandably distrustful of anything that upsets the status quo without offering substantial improvement.