The 19th Ward is like the kid who liked to party in high school but ended up getting a decent job and settling down. Its close friends knows it’s still cool, but people on the outside might still believe more in the reputation than the reality.
[read more]I tend to judge communities with a short rubric: how strong is their neighborhood identity? Do I see neighbors interacting with each other? How many neighborhood gardens and other communal projects are there? PLEX checks all of these boxes.
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