Interesting interview with Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh. I have lived in Atlanta downtown for 4 years which has a predominant African American population. I have wondered once in a while how they really sustain their livelyhood, but never delved deeper into that.
However, my other Indian friends living in the suburbs have always had a perception that it is better to avoid downtown. I have seen that these inner city residents are relatively more social and friendly than they are believed to be.
The book by Sudhir Venkatesh, based on his observations spanning more than a decade of parts of Chicago, which are deemed dangerous even during the day - Off the Books - The underground economy of the urban poor should be definitely worth checking out.
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Your post is a very nice read... will definitely check it out.
Thanks! I need to check that book out.
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