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Redlining and block busting emptied out alot of prime city real estate.

• mc32 10y ago
  I think redlining restricted minorities from the Suburbs, but didn't contribute to the growth of suburbs itself. What contributed to suburban growth, in my view was: 1) cars, cars enabled people to commute. They were not bound by walking and transit. 2) Population growth. After wwii we saw lots of growth and cities were not seen as a place to raise children --given the pollution and grime which plagued previous industry. People wanted nice affordable places to raise their kids, not tenement housing. 3) Decay. Cities were not always peaceful, clean places. They had labor unrest, grime, crime, noise, etc. and some people wanted to "graduate" to nicer places. I think redlining illustrates that not only did whites want to move to the burbs, but also minorities wanted to move out of cities(else redlining would not have existed as a tool to discriminate against their moving in) Modern cities are not the same as mid 1900s cities. They are cleaner, better run, better planned, more responsive, etc.