Baltimore

‘Progress is painfully uneven’: Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire

Michael Olesker, an author and former Baltimore Sun columnist, says: “It’s turf wars. It’s a battle for street corners. You’ve got 18-year-old kids killing each other. Many are from broken families. We’d like to think art can move the world but this problem is so intractable on so many levels it’s going to be with us for a long time.”

Sounds a lot like 'unparented welfare kids' .  County welfare staff bought off the pregnant mothers, deferring their problem for 15  years until we get Lord of the Flies land.