‘Ain't nothin' here in Buffalo’: Residents' perceptions about living in a racially isolated, high-poverty neighborhood

“It Was Love in All the Buildings They Tore Down”: How Caregiving Grandmothers Create and Experience a Sense of Community in Chicago Public Housing

“…Data reflecting grandmothers’ experiences with public housing were retrospective, perhaps making them susceptible to “‘recall bias,’ which can impact both the completeness and accuracy of recollections and memories,” although such retrospective research also “can be used to gain information about several years’ experience in a short amount of time” (Richardson et al. , p. 73). This approach also enables us to obtain information we would otherwise forgo having altogether.…”

“…High levels of neighborhood poverty have been associated with lower educational attainment, joblessness, a disproportionately higher share of single female–headed households, social isolation, and increased crime (Kost ; Richardson et al. ; Strait ; Wilson, , ). Moreover, scholarly and journalistic work has generated several tropes about public housing communities and residents according to which, among other things, they have been regarded as (a) disorganized and lacking in sense of community or viable community support; (b) “negative archetypal symbols of … high rises, gangs, and garbage” (Bennett , p. 272); and (c) in “spectacular decline” (Goetz , p. 270) and characterized by “horrific living conditions” (August , p. 1319).…”

Going Small: Urban Social Science in the Era of Big Data City & Community Forum on Census Data

“…Along with two student coauthors, we asked residents of a predominantly poor, African American neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, how they felt about their neighborhood and what they believed could improve their quality of life (Richardson et al 2014). Although we received some positive comments, the majority said something along the lines of, "Ain't nothing here in Buffalo.…”

You are where you live: Methodological challenges to measuring children’s exposure to hazards

“…Children living in poverty experience a range of challenges in their daily lives. These include being less likely to: establish conceptual and linguistic functioning at an early age (Flores 2004), access high-quality childcare facilities (Prentice 2007), remain in one school system (Porter and Edwards 2014), graduate from high school (Donlan, Prescott, and Zaff 2016), live in communities with a range of job opportunities (Richardson, Glantz, and Adelman 2014), live in neighborhoods free of criminal activity (Patterson 1991), live near healthy food sources (Eisenhauer 2001;Sadler, Gilliland, and Arku 2013), have high-quality parks near their homes (Burdette and Whitaker 2004), live in neighborhoods with good housing conditions and public infrastructure (Sadler and Lafreniere 2017), or live in neighborhoods with low exposure to environmental pollution (Pastor, Sadd, and Morello-Frosch 2004).…”