Precisely. I grew up in an odd town on Lake Erie. On the coast there were the Cleveland Clinic millionaire surgeons, NFL, MLB, and NBA players. On the west side of town a Ford plant and some low income housing, same income and housing on the east side. Middle bit was mostly solid middle class with a couple small higher income enclaves (CEO of a Berkshire Hathaway division, for instance).
So it was truly, truly all income levels interacting in our public schools (which are pretty highly rated).
I graduated in 2009. Close to 10% of my graduating class (~400), all income levels, died of opioid overdoses or suicide. The shame of talking about our town's problem and wanting keep up appearances killed scores of people.
BBC did a documentary on our town, called Smack in Suburbia, focussed on my age group. 30 minute watch, but, it really drives this point home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ynJ5S9c58
All of this tragedy was the direct consequence of shame as public health policy.
So it was truly, truly all income levels interacting in our public schools (which are pretty highly rated).
I graduated in 2009. Close to 10% of my graduating class (~400), all income levels, died of opioid overdoses or suicide. The shame of talking about our town's problem and wanting keep up appearances killed scores of people.
BBC did a documentary on our town, called Smack in Suburbia, focussed on my age group. 30 minute watch, but, it really drives this point home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ynJ5S9c58
All of this tragedy was the direct consequence of shame as public health policy.