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Back when I was younger, Baltimore and DC had many dangerous neighborhoods where crime and poverty were rampant. Nowadays, some, if not, many neighborhoods have cleaned up and are now the "hip" areas to live and dine in with nicer restaurants and shops. Same could be said for many other US cities.
I've also noticed another thing: where have all the poor gone? Well it seems like they've migrated to other parts of town, mainly in areas that are still crime-ridden and impoverished or out in the suburbs. In turn, both cities are economically and racially segregated. Quite ironic since the left has always championed the urban areas.
For those who lean politically to the left, I'd like to hear your thoughts about gentrification and its effects on the poor.
I often wonder how badly homeless people are impacted by society's use of credit cards. Even if i wanted to give to the homeless, I wouldn't be able to unless they accept credit cards.
This isn't really a right or left issue, this is more of a local issue with how cities handle low incomes. Here in Portland we have the Pearl District which is home to high end condos and apartments, yet it is also home to about 25% of low income housing.
Fedgov is in the business of creating bubble in order to make this country seem functional and ultra-rich. Meddling in so many parts of the economy......hyper-inflating housing prices is one of Fedgov's rich-nation tactics.
Guess what, big-government fans/fanatics, on both sides of the aisle, wave the pom-poms for the dirty $h17 fedgov pulls.........or they are too stupid to realize how much it hurts the quality of life for the average-joe.
This isn't really a right or left issue, this is more of a local issue with how cities handle low incomes. Here in Portland we have the Pearl District which is home to high end condos and apartments, yet it is also home to about 25% of low income housing.
The Pearl Dstrict doesn't have all that much low income housing and specifically it doesn't have any significant amount of low income family housing. Downtown has a lot of subsidized single-person housing.
There iis a wholesale migratio of low income people to parts east of I-205 who are being gentrified out of other arts of Portland.
The Pearl Dstrict doesn't have all that much low income housing and specifically it doesn't have any significant amount of low income family housing. Downtown has a lot of subsidized single-person housing.
There iis a wholesale migratio of low income people to parts east of I-205 who are being gentrified out of other arts of Portland.
Back when I was younger, Baltimore and DC had many dangerous neighborhoods where crime and poverty were rampant. Nowadays, some, if not, many neighborhoods have cleaned up and are now the "hip" areas to live and dine in with nicer restaurants and shops. Same could be said for many other US cities.
I've also noticed another thing: where have all the poor gone? Well it seems like they've migrated to other parts of town, mainly in areas that are still crime-ridden and impoverished or out in the suburbs. In turn, both cities are economically and racially segregated. Quite ironic since the left has always championed the urban areas.
For those who lean politically to the left, I'd like to hear your thoughts about gentrification and its effects on the poor.
In Philly, the poor are being pushed (by section 8) into the northeast. Look at the increased violent crime rate statistics over the past 15 years in NE philly.
The Pearl Dstrict doesn't have all that much low income housing and specifically it doesn't have any significant amount of low income family housing. Downtown has a lot of subsidized single-person housing.
There iis a wholesale migratio of low income people to parts east of I-205 who are being gentrified out of other arts of Portland.
The Pearl District is 25% low income housing, what do you mean it doesn't have all that much low income housing? It was suppose to be 33%, but the original plan for the Pearl District was also suppose to have about a half of the amount of units that it has today.
Yes, East Portland is seeing an increase of people looking for more affordable housing, but that doesn't mean there aren't low income housing mixed throughout the city.
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