ABSTRACT
A videotape o f M a r i a ' s apar tment shows a squa l id , sparsely f u r n i s h e d r o o m i n a h i g h c r ime area o f a n i n n e r city. W h e n her parents a n n o u n c e that they have arranged for her to move to a safer, larger apar tment u p t o w n , she says, " N o way, I ' m staying r ight where I a m . "
