It is more profitable to deal drugs than to flip burgers. Why work your fanny off for $6 bucks when with one crack deal you can make $100?
Memphis murder rate is at least 10 above last year's, there is OPEN gang warfare going on. INNOCENT Small children are paying the price over a half a dozen have been caught in the crossfire since the beginning of the year.
Robbing banks has always been more profitable than flipping burgers, too, but not so honorable. Inner cities are populated by men without honor, and legitimate job offers won't change their character.