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Suburbia is not Utopia. t never was, really, and we are forced to admit that the tensions with which young people wrestle today are as real on the North Shore as on the South Side. The fortunate are able to find guidance and strength in the expected places -- their parents, their church, their peers, and their school. For others, such sources will not or cannot fill their needs. Gates House and its related programs are designed to meet this need. It is, and will continue to be, a place to go, a place to be. . . somebody.