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I think I would be somewhere between Gates and Allen - I'd want to contribute a lot to organizations that work to get people with criminal/felony convictions a second chance so that they can break the cycle, and to under-funded schools in Chicago (because I know my own backyard better, though eventually I'd expand) so that those kids have better resources (included in this, I think, would be substantial in-kind block-grants to the families of those kids--not cash because that could fuck up any other benefits they receive, but coupons/vouchers for clothing, books, food, etc. so that kids could spend time studying and not working after-school jobs to keep their families afloat, that kind of thing.) But also I'd want to preserve a lot of the cool historical shit that is Chicago, and (working through community members in disadvantaged communities because they know what they need better than I do) providing safe spaces for people to socialize and play and learn. Chicago is an amazing city but also incredibly divided, and while it is nowhere near as fucked as some blowhards in the White House would have you believe, I would want to do everything I could to make it better.