Conservatives, Why do You Like Urban Sprawl? (generations, crime rates, school)

[shorebaby]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Not to mention that crime in the suburbs is skyrocketing.

I was not aware of that. Would you please provide some evidence. Please do not mistake my preference for urban living as an endorsement of your viewpoint, as I am a conservative living in the heart of the urban jungle.

[texdav]

Sure;that is why people are leaving the urban areas;to get in on all the crime. LOL

[knowledgeiskey]

Originally Posted by shorebaby

I was not aware of that. Would you please provide some evidence. Please do not mistake my preference for urban living as an endorsement of your viewpoint, as I am a conservative living in the heart of the urban jungle.

Falling crime in big cities disproves old assumptions - The Angle - Boston.com

[shorebaby]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Falling crime in big cities disproves old assumptions - The Angle - Boston.com

This link doesn't support your claim. It says crime has gone down in urban areas and there has been a slight increase in violent crime in the suburbs.

My take on this, from experience, is the gentrification of urban areas explains at least some of the drop in crime in cities.

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by shorebaby

This link doesn't support your claim. It says crime has gone down in urban areas and there has been a slight increase in violent crime in the suburbs.

My take on this, from experience, is the gentrification of urban areas explains at least some of the drop in crime in cities.

I think you and I read the same link and maybe kik failed to read it very carefully.

[evilnewbie]

Why would I want to be stuck in a 300 square foot apartment with noisy neighbors, a stinky hallway, aholes in the building, and pay as much as or more than my mortgage without owning anything in the end... just so I can go to work in a shorter distance? Yeah, I like to based my life around my work and the crappy places I am forced to live in for the liberals pure satisfaction of misery loves company...

[shorebaby]

Originally Posted by evilnewbie

Why would I want to be stuck in a 300 square foot apartment with noisy neighbors, a stinky hallway, aholes in the building, and pay as much as or more than my mortgage without owning anything in the end... just so I can go to work in a shorter distance? Yeah, I like to based my life around my work and the crappy places I am forced to live in for the liberals pure satisfaction of misery loves company...

To each his own. But I love living in an area where I don't have to drive and the worlds greatest cultural center is outside my door.

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

It's not sustainable. Look what it has caused.

I really enjoy destroying the environment, destroying wilderness and natural animal habitats, and polluting the waterways. It is simply what all conservatives want (in the perplexing minds of liberals).

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Your premise is wrong. I'm a liberal and I don't like living in a high-density area.

Urban "sprawl" is the sign of a prosperous country. Would you prefer we all live in huge apartment blocks designed by Le Corbusier? No thanks.

This is what he wanted for all of us:

http://www.essential-architecture.co...-marseille.jpg

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Not to mention that crime in the suburbs is skyrocketing.

I get the impression that you're just making things up to justify your ill-conceived theories about urban "sprawl".

"Among suburban communities, older high-density suburbs registered the largest declines in crime rates."

City and Suburban Crime Trends in Metropolitan America - Brookings Institution