On a serious note, I would think that depression would be a reasonable reaction of New Yorkers to what they have experienced with 911.
The passing of a few years cannot erase the horror experienced on September 11, 2001.
We went into a war in Afghanistan and then on to Iraq and the apologists in this country have found reason (and continue to find reason) to condemn both actions.
There has been no resolve, no healing, no reasonable way to DEAL with what has occurred. No one in this liberal enclave DARE to speak the truth, lest they be labeled a 'Bushie'. We are in a country that (for some) cannot support our President, even in an action which is correct. The fear of not being in the PC mode is greater than our fear of extinction.
All 3 sections of NYC which they refer to have heavily poor minority areas...years of generational welfare/ out of wedlock births leads to people stuck in a rut...unable to change their lives because of educational limits and therefore fewer job options and therefore limited ability to move out of projects, drug addiction and out of control teenaged children in gangs or just acting thuggy have many minority parents feeling mighty depressed I would guess. I live in northern Brooklyn and I teach in a Brooklyn junior high school...I don't think it's 9/11 so much as the lifestyle many people find themselves stuck in...change is difficult even when you have support but most people don't have the support they need to break away from their family and friends.
All 3 sections of NYC which they refer to have heavily poor minority areas...years of generational welfare/ out of wedlock births leads to people stuck in a rut...unable to change their lives because of educational limits and therefore fewer job options and therefore limited ability to move out of projects, drug addiction and out of control teenaged children in gangs or just acting thuggy have many minority parents feeling mighty depressed I would guess. I live in northern Brooklyn and I teach in a Brooklyn junior high school...I don't think it's 9/11 so much as the lifestyle many people find themselves stuck in...change is difficult even when you have support but most people don't have the support they need to break away from their family and friends.