RE: Can parks revive decaying U.S. cities?
It is amazing how little people know about the problem. All the parks and green programs do nothing until you help the inner city people get off welfare and drugs first, then help them learn to appreciate things including themselves. After that parks would help.
I have tried revitalizing areas in the "hood" of Baltimore and some of it's citizens only to lose the investment because of the mindset that is so ingrained from government hand outs taking away their values under the name of assistance.