good - the work conditions for residents are absolutely fucking abysmal and boggle the mind in terms of safety for both practitioners and patients, ~16 hour shifts for ~$70k your first year.

cannot get over the grown-ass people in these comments disparaging literal CHILDREN with behavioral issues and implying that they should basically be, like, cut off from their peers? WTF if wrong with you fucking freaks? how does siloing children who clearly need intervention actually help them? fucking yikes.

i come from an upper middle class background. my little sister had plenty of behavioral problems and received in-school suspension more than once for punching boys in her grade for running their mouths at her. it turned out she had undiagnosed ADHD. rather than completely write her off, which plenty of you assholes seem to be eager to do, she got assistance. she's in her 30s now and has a degree and a good job.

i mean, politicians by-and-large suck, our electoral process is deeply flawed, and american voters don't have much in terms choice, which i think is reflected in shitty voter turnout.

that said, i would just counter to your point about "not voting" for the right politicians, voters very often DO vote in favor of pro-transit ballot measures.

i wish more cities in the US had transit like NYC. many cities used to have more robust transit (trains, street cars, buses) and there were these lines called interurbans that were electrified trains that travelled between cities (only one interurban remains, and it travels between Chicago, Il and South Bend, IN) but unfortunately, we've ceded A LOT of ground to the car industry/car culture and have reshaped out cities to accommodate cars.

i hope going forward, the US can more seriously invest in public transit, but it's definitely an uphill battle.