Suburban Towns where Rich and Poor live side by side (section 8, apartment complexes)
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Any places like this? Where rich, poor, middle classes live side by side (and when i mean side by side, i mean it; not just a poor section over 'there' and then a poor section over 'here' and then a middle class section 'down there')
I know there are cities like this since housing projects still exist but what about suburban areas? I know new suburbs would almost never be planned like that; but any suburbs like that anywhere?
Shaker Heights, OH (suburb of Cleveland) has to be fairly close to like that. It's generally segregated by two light rail lines and big streets, but pretty much side-by-side for a suburb -- upper-middle class to borderline rich, and lower-middle class to borderline poor. It was a Master Planned community that I believe is 100 years old now.
When I was working for the Census Bureau, I was surprised to find out how many homes in some affluent suburban areas in western Ohio were actually section 8 houses. It is actually not that difficult to find places where there is one property with a lot of junked cars on it surrounded by expensive houses with married couples where both are doctors or other high-earning professionals.
When I was working for the Census Bureau, I was surprised to find out how many homes in some affluent suburban areas in western Ohio were actually section 8 houses. It is actually not that difficult to find places where there is one property with a lot of junked cars on it surrounded by expensive houses with married couples where both are doctors or other high-earning professionals.
Or you can find apartment complexes that accept some Section 8 in suburbs that are largely middle class. There are a couple of areas like this where I live
In some parts of Fairfield County, CT, you have housing projects just down the block from multi-million dollar houses on Long Island Sound. It always blew my mind how one section of a block could be so poor and how the other is filthy rich.
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