Of all the backgrounds it seems to me that the typical suburban community must be by far the worst. The child’s parents have already compromised with… - Fred Hoyle

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Of all the backgrounds it seems to me that the typical suburban community must be by far the worst. The child’s parents have already compromised with life by living in such a place. It would be far better from the child’s point of view to be raised in an actual slum. The danger is, of course, that the child quickly comes to regard comfort as the number one priority.