Eastlake Meadows, Atlanta

[theworldismine13]

that's my initial reaction. i tend to favor what they do with section 8, but i dont actually know anything empirical about whether or not breaking this stuff up leads to making some other neighborhood more dangerous. gentrification always happens, and some neighborhoods are always messed up. if we really dig deep we may see that other forces do more to cause net reductions in crime. they are supposed to have done this with southside chicago to no positive result that i am aware of...

The overall crime rate in Chicago and Atlanta has gone down

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

that's my initial reaction. i tend to favor what they do with section 8, but i dont actually know anything empirical about whether or not breaking this stuff up leads to making some other neighborhood more dangerous. gentrification always happens, and some neighborhoods are always messed up. if we really dig deep we may see that other forces do more to cause net reductions in crime. they are supposed to have done this with southside chicago to no positive result that i am aware of...

Crime definitely picks up in other places. I know I read somewhere in some cities (Memphis I believe was one), you can look at the crime map, and after tearing down projects, and it diffuses out in a pattern that overlaps with where the vouchers went. But overall, crime seems to be going down in most places that get HOPE VI grants.

Housing projects are failed experiment that need to be phased out imo. I think the concentration of poverty, crime, and economic inactivity becomes a generational trap for the residents.

And they economically depress the entire area. In my home city where I grew up, there was this notorious project that was right off of the interstate on one of the main entrances to the city. It was the first thing you see when you got off highway. It was a across the street from a high school (which they eventually moved) and was near mid-city, which was a once-thriving retail area. There was good real estate for businesses in the area, but developers gave the city the any time they asked and said they're not developing shyt until they get rid of the project. They finally tore it down about 3 years ago, and now commerce is picking up now.

 

[cheek100]

east lake was one of two places u could get a $50 oz of gas in '94
but u had to make it out of there
first time i ever saw a chopper "in action" ..not cool like the rappers make it out to be
i think assault rifles should be banned because of what i saw that day

 

[theworldismine13]

The thing is aside from blaming racism and increasing social programs liberals dont have a real solution to address crime that is why y'all stand in awe and buffedlement as capitalism, private property and entrepreneurialism helps develop communities

 

[88m3]

The thing is aside from blaming racism and increasing social programs liberals dont have a real solution to address crime that is why y'all stand in awe and buffedlement as capitalism, private property and entrepreneurialism helps develop communities

If liberals had things their way all of the "disenfranchised" would be dispatched.

 

[theworldismine13]

If liberals had things their way all of the "disenfranchised" would be dispatched.

I don't know what that means, your corny joke went over my head