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When achieving stability threatens the musical community that sustained you through hardship

I've been busking for five years and finally saved enough for an apartment but if I stop playing on the streets I'll lose the musical community that kept me alive through homelessness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Success that changes circumstances can paradoxically threaten the very relationships and practices that enabled survival and growth.

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