How a school shutdown can impact a neighborhood  School closings
are nothing new to Chicago.  But what we found is that the
consequences of shutting-down a single school can echo through a
neighborhood for months — even years, depending on what happens
to the building once all the students are gone.  Lourdes Duarte
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Theory". If the neighborhood will allow such vandalism and
graffiti to persist, they are inviting bigger violations such as
public drunkenness, loitering, drug-dealing, and shootings to
happen. Unfixed broken windows and other neighborhood eyesores
give an impression that the neighborhood doesn't give a damn
that's why thugs take over and mess up the whole place.   Get
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