article_snippet.sent: I see the hopelessness ... and the emotions of the people
article_snippet.sent: High concentrations of poverty, underfunded and failing schools, neglected public housing projects and a lack of employment opportunities have been among the social issues long simmering below East Baltimore's crumbling row houses, according to the local church leaders.
article_snippet.sent: When you look at that kind of despair, when you look at people who notice beauty in a city that they cannot even access, it creates such an undercurrent of anger, frustration and hopelessness, that's not going to be fixed quickly," Thomas said.
article_snippet.sent: It sends a message that It's a priority to protect the areas of the city where a lot of the money has been poured, where the wealth is.
article_snippet.sent: What's missed is, it's really not smart or wise in the long term to try to isolate certain problems in certain neighborhoods.
article_snippet.sent: What may start off as one neighborhood's problems soon become the city's problem.