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9 Which kept everyone so busy that they hardly noticed there were other neighborhoods in Philadelphia which didn't love anybody else either.

CHAPTER 56
1 He told them there was a neighborhood called the Greater Northeast,
2 Above the aBoulevard,
3 Where most of the people who lived there were white,
4 And thoroughly middle class,
5 And likely to stay that way,
6 bForever.
7 The people who lived in the Greater Northeast didn't love the people who lived in other neighborhoods,
8 Because a lot of the people who lived in the other neighborhoods were cblack,
9 And the dones who weren't black looked down on the people who lived in the Northeast,
10 Because they were so emiddle class,
11 And likely to stay that way,
12 fForever.

CHAPTER 57
1 He told them there was a neighborhood called South Philadelphia,
2 Where most of the people who lived there were white,
3 And gItalian,
4 And likely to stay that way,
5 hForever.
6 The people who lived in South Philadelphia didn't love the people who lived in other neighborhoods,
7 Because they weren't Italians,
a.Yks.97.1-13
b.Wil.28.4
c.Wil.54.1-2
Wil.55.1-2
d.Wil.56.3
e.Boul.25.24-38
f.Wil.28.4
g.Psong.57.1
h.Wil.28.4
i.Kens.1.1
j.Wil.28.4
k.Mawr.1.1
l.Ira.21.26
m.Wil.28.4
n.Adam.41.1-11
o.Ext.53.25-27
8 And probably wouldn't ever be,
9 Period.

CHAPTER 58
1 He told them there was a neighborhood called iKensington,
2 Where most of the people who lived there were white,
3 And poor,
4 And likely to stay that way,
5 jForever.
6 The people who lived in Kensington didn't love the people who lived in other neighborhoods,
7 Because they khated them instead,
8 lAll of them.

CHAPTER 59
1 He told them there was a neighborhood called the Main Line,
2 Where most of the people who lived there were white,
3 And very very rich,
4 And likely to stay that way,
5 mForever.
6 The people who lived on the Main Line didn't love the people who lived in other neighborhoods,
7 Because they were tired of all the ntaxes they paid to take care of the other neighborhoods,
8 Which they knew nobody appreciated anyway.

CHAPTER 60
1 He told them there was a neighborhood called South Street,
2 Where most of the people who lived there were the olowest of the low,
3 And born losers,