Neighborhood starting to get too safe for family to afford

Note from Storm: Here’s another bit of great urban revitalization humor from The Onion.

Explaining that the sense of unease she felt walking to and from her home had declined markedly over the years, Humboldt Park resident Kirsten Healy expressed her disappointment to reporters Thursday that her neighborhood was becoming too safe for her family to afford.

We’d love to stay here,” she said, “but with our finances the way they are, the minute we stop needing the second bolt on the back door we’ll have no choice but to go out looking for a neighborhood that’s more terrifying.

See full article & photo credit in The Onion.

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