That’s especially true of the haves. He parks at the curb out front, where one of his security cameras can monitor the car. If you want to see what our cities are going to be like when we’re done reversing the great postwar expansion of the middle class, neighborhoods like South Shore are a good place to look. The lovingly maintained bungalows of South Shore look just as redoubtable these days as they did when I lived in one, on the 7100 block of South Oglesby, as a child in the 1970s. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2019 15:00 UTC