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Honestly, I miss my brain working like that even if it basically interfered with my ability to function because I had even less executive function than usual, even if I had more energy and creativity.

I'm surprised my hair wasn't neon blond and standing on end.

Some people in rural Appalachia ARE worse off than many people in urban "projects." This is because they are isolated from urban centers. In order to go to a supermarket, say, they have to have a car.

Frankly, I've met people in "projects" who do not reflect the stereotypes of "project" people.

What are "projects"?

The idea of "housing projects" was laudable-----but it certainly didn't work out too well in most instances.

Their original purpose was to provide housing for people after "slum clearance." Most of the people served by "projects" in the early days were of the working class, rather than of the "underclass."

High rises were built circa 1930s-1940s----and lower-rise buildings were built from the 1950s and beyond.

Slums were really nasty places, and they still are in some locales.

I've been homeless, but I wonder if I was still better off than in some of these projects.

I live in the UK, where the native people are White, and we hear the same sort of stuff about "White privilege" here.

I've been to Ireland several times, and the same sort of rhetoric is creeping in there as well, never mind the fact that Ireland never had any colonies and was under the heel of England for centuries.

It's pretty obvious then that this idea that "privilege" (any type of privilege) is some problem that needs to be solved is just a formula for newcomers in any country to make endless demands of whichever race or ethnic group actually founded that country. (Maybe I as a White person could move to China and try the same thing there. Does anyone think that would work out?)

So for example in the UK I can understand why some non-Whites complain about "White privilege". It is clearly in their interests to do so. However, if a non-White were to tell me I have "White privilege", my response to them would not be to protest that I'm on the autistic spectrum, and so life isn't easy for me either, or to protest that my great-grandfather worked godforsaken hours down a coalmine, or anything like that. No, my response to them would simply be "I don't care".

Far less easy to understand are the White liberals who endlessly virtue signal about "White privilege". What do they get out of it besides some feeling of smug self-righteousness? My response to them is "if you are so concerned about tackling the issue of White privilege, then go and give away all your possessions to People of Color".

Cabrini Green was a notorious "project" in Chicago. It was razed maybe 10-15 years ago.

I've lived in "projects." Some are good, some are bad. I stayed in a couple of good ones. One even had a courtyard with abundant trees in it.

But, yes, there are really bad "projects" in urban areas of the United States----where there's drug selling, murder, and other nefarious things. Probably most "projects" are undesirable place to live. But there are definite exceptions.

Basically, "projects" are government-owned housing.

Even in the UK, there are good "council houses" and bad "council houses." I've seen bad council houses. I once stayed with someone my wife knew in a good council house. It was an apartment in a rowhouse-type building.