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Well, I watched the video. Looks like a lot of BS.
Lets give it a quick rundown.
Their goal was to eliminate "concentrated-poverty". So they tore down a bunch of public-housing units, and basically made them into a kind of subsidized housing complex. To live there, you have to have a job, and they run a background check on you before you move in.
Basically, they kicked out all the scumbags, brought in people with jobs, and then declared it a model for success.
The lady in the video who is their proof of success. Well, she hadn't live there the entire time. She moved there after it was rebuilt. She had a job as a nurse's assistant, she seemed rather organized and disciplined, and taught her children to be disciplined.
She would have likely been successful regardless of where she ended up.
The question is, what happened to all those scumbags they kicked out? Well, they probably just went to southside Atlanta.
There are ways to deal with poverty, but this one is retarded. Sounds more like an infomercial for gentrification.
Does anyone see any problems with this being easily duplicated in other parts of the country? I'm wondering if this approach was unique to that part of Atlanta.
Until people have self esteem, a positive outlook on life that they can
achieve what they put their minds to, common sense with a dash of responsibility,
and knowing the difference between a hand up and a hand out. Nothing will change
Until people have self esteem, a positive outlook on life that they can
achieve what they put their minds to, common sense with a dash of responsibility,
and knowing the difference between a hand up and a hand out. Nothing will change
Does anyone see any problems with this being easily duplicated in other parts of the country? I'm wondering if this approach was unique to that part of Atlanta.
Does anyone see any problems with this being easily duplicated in other parts of the country? I'm wondering if this approach was unique to that part of Atlanta.
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Originally Posted by bluesjuke
Seems a way to end Projects only.
Mixed occupant housing is pretty much the thing in public housing these days so you can see these type of projects almost anywhere. As for a program only intended to do away with projects... its a little more complex than that. As many argue, projects breed a culture of poverty so the idea in part is to put folks into areas that are not hard core pockets of poverty so that they might have a chance to live a normal life. When you get out of the projects, you don't have to worry about your kids safety. They get to go to better schools, and have an opportunity to live in a more working class environment even middle class in some circumstances.
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