I'd push that you could equally frame the narrative that many external entities found ways to extract profit out of neighborhoods? Easy examples are small shops that used to have much of the profit go local.

Sadly, this isn't as easy as "support local bookstores." They are also value extracted, at large, by the publishing mechanisms at play.

That is to say, it is easy to blame the parents for neglecting their kids. But... it is far more complicated.