However, most of the original residents stayed. It wasn't because they had high incomes before, but these years of urban renewal, as long as you're not too rigid in thinking and willing to endure some hardships, you can really change your social class.
The John Family is such a case.
Richard John, who originally struggled on welfare, found a small job on a construction site. Initially, the wages weren't actually that high, but he had to work ten hours or even longer each day, and six days a week. Fortunately, they paid overtime wages for anything over eight hours and for weekend work.
This way, he could earn nearly 2000 US Dollars a week. Moreover, these unregistered local workers like him were paid in cash by the construction site.
