how to survive: all you have to do.
If you see people prospering in your neighborhood then all you have to do is earn a little respect in your neighborhood and give something and be social.
That's how I got my auto detail mentor and he has detailed vehicles for Justin beiber and clippers basketball players and even the governator, Arnold. He said he earns estimately $1,500 a day. Discriminated so he is a proud "wetback" as he would say not me. I respect his hustle.
If you are a woman. You don't need to give him your body. Food is the answer. The more personal touch it has the more earnest and respectable it is. Good luck. Peace.