Abstract :
THE UNITED STATES is strong and wealthy. Her people eat well, dress well, and play well. But many—too many—do not live well, because they live on streets and in neighborhoods that have started to decline, to grow shabby, and to decay. The death of a neighborhood is tragic. The tragedy is that, too often, the rest of the community turns its back on such neighborhoods. As a result, some part of the whole community dies with it.
