I ' m sorry you feel that way . But you ' ll be happy to learn Jobs have actually been increasing quite a bit . Forbes says this is the best private sector jobs creation performance in American history . o u t p e r f o r m s r e a g a nonjobsgrowthandinvesting # 25 b 23 d 5420 bc Inner city refers to the nonsuburban part of a metropolitan area . Many of those areas have been rapidly gentrifying lately . Compare NYC now to the 70 s 80 s y o r k c i t y u s e d t obeaterrifyingplacephotos 20137 # m u c h o f n e w y o r k c i t y s c r i m e h a p penedonthesubwayinthelate 70 s t h e l e x i n g t o n a v e n u e e x p r e s s l a n d e d t h e nicknamethemuggersexpress 15 . There have been similar reversals in SF , Atlanta , DC , Seattle , Boston , and many more . There ' s evidence that an increase in undocumented workers in a field actually increases the wages for documented w o r k e r s d o i l l e g a l i m m i g r a n t s a f f e c t a m e r i c a n w o r k e r s theanswermightsurpriseyou # 6510 cf 976 b 10 , especially for lowwage workers . But I know that if you ' re getting less work and you see more undocumented immigrants with your job , it might make you angry it ' s happened to me . But I suggest this direct some anger toward the bosses too . If you ' re mad at the immigrants for taking your jobs , you should be even madder at the actual Americans who are giving away your jobs .