Its not smart dumb, im asserting that survival is paramount, especially when you have a family. Nipsey was an icon for the locals, and has a platform abd this happened to him. Most cats who try to better their environment and get taken out dont get nearly the love and recognition.
Nipsey was notable enough to possiby move hundreds of people i to actually following his blueprint. Even a few dozen is a win. The local guy doing the same might have his legacy die with him because people didnt revere him for being simply an entrepreneur rather than a banger turned rapper turned entrepreneur.
Now if you do it for te love of yor people and hoping to contribute positively, thats awesome. If you got nothing good out of the hold except for the motivation to get right so you can get out the bytch, awesome. Not everybody is interested in potentially getting taken out by a pos who has no regard for the reason tou stayed, essentially validating the reason many leave.
Notto mention in the hood, politics are usually broken, schools are ass, grocery stores can be a luxury, housing is lousy, and services are nearly non existent unless its the cops coming to scoop you up. Lets not act like their arent a million and one reasons to leave the hood. I damn sure wouldnt be doing what I am doing if I stayed. fukk that shyt.