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On a lighter note, here are some observations I&#8217;ve made in the office:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They never turn the lights on<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s no air conditioning<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s basically a concrete oven<\/li>\n<li>Every Monday there seems to be free food<\/li>\n<li>The windows don&#8217;t open<\/li>\n<li>The door buzzer is very loud<\/li>\n<li>The front office looks like a reception desk but it&#8217;s not<\/li>\n<li>You can hear people between the offices<\/li>\n<li>You lose people all the time even though the building is small<\/li>\n<li>They sometimes call the cafeteria the &#8220;center conference room,&#8221; which is confusing because there&#8217;s an actual conference room across the hall<\/li>\n<li>When the YES team isn&#8217;t there, it feels like no one is there<\/li>\n<li>Your office chair matters<\/li>\n<li>The fence is very slow and annoying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since being in Detroit, subtler racial disparities and attitudes have become clearer. I&#8217;ve noticed more than ever how people cluster within their own groups and the lingering tensions that remain wedged between them. It&#8217;s also been eye opening to see gentrification in action and the real burden of the city pushing out its enduring residents.<\/p>\n<p>Economic development is only useful if it improves the economics of households and communities. It&#8217;s worthless is all it accomplishes is the development of the environment without bringing the population with it. This doesn&#8217;t accomplish the intended goal of economic development &#8212; poverty alleviation &#8212; but rather shifts the poverty to other areas, altering the geographic distribution of wealth, leaving families worse off than they were before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EcoWorks is a really engaging place with lots of friendly people. There&#8217;s a lot of diversity and a lot of cooperation. 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