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I think the people you're reaching through such activities are not the people you actually want to reach to improve your neighborhood, or the city as a whole.

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Do you mind elaborating pls,

From happiness to spending quality time socially feeling important is basic need for any human being, pls correct me. Never been to Detroit but seen streets of SF and India so I thought I have enough sample size.

I think that people who voluntarily go to yoga or meditation lessons or participate in "Learnathons" are not the same people who you need to influence to make a neighborhood better. Young people don't join a gang because of a critical lack of yoga lessons in their neighborhood.

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