I am very aware of my privilege. It is not the lack of privilege that prevents people giving up their unhealthy urban lives. My advice was not for families, single parent families or otherwise. It was for individuals. I know I did not say so and in hindsight I should have.

Regarding single parent families of little means, without strong government, family and community support these families will suffer, in the city or in the country. If they can get out of the city in into rural communities they can thrive but that transition is much harder for them because the support system that keeps them going in the city will not move with them. In rural communities, the air is cleaner and that is important for kids, more important than many understand. A lot of city kids have respiratory problems. City water, especially in poor communities is risky, think Flint, Flint is the tip of the iceberg. Cities are pulling up miles of lead pipe. Gang violence is much reduced in rural areas. Rural life is often more physically active than city life and rural life gives people a completely different perspective on the environment and wildlife.

I understand that almost anything can seem impossible for the under-privileged. There are rural communities ready to accept new members to increase their diminishing populations. Many of them are communities of color. I know that it is daunting to consider moving to someplace where you don't know anyone. I have done it a few times.

You have no idea about my capacity for empathy, nothing in that response was an indication of any empathy, sure, but does not mean I am not empathic. You have no idea about how I care for the poor and what I do to help the poor.