Low income minority families tend to have more children than middle class or affluent white ones. This becomes part of the their children’s problem, it’s often a single parent trying to manage 4+ children’s behaviors in a cramped, crowded and chaotic environment

I’ve gone into the homes before in my job and basically had to throw my hands in the air in regards to the parent’s request to change one particular child’s negative behaviors. In the meantime the parent has their other 4 kids throwing objects at me and them, yelling, disrupting, and making huge messes everywhere in a small dingy apartment. You can only do so much until the parent gets control of the environment, which is not possible for most

So no father around is what you are saying without saying it.

I spent a few years living in Chicago. It is easily the most segregated city I've ever lived in. Living on the North side is a completely different experience than being on the South or West side. The poverty and violence in those communities is staggering and people's families have been entrenched in it for generations.

The Midwest as a whole is a depressing and dying region. Chicago is one of the few vibrant feeling locations remaining. It's sort of the crown jewel of Big 10 Country so it will always have people relocating there. It;s also relatively affordable as big cities go, and one of the few you can live in without a car, so it's attractive to young people.