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Interesting perspective. Yeah, video games, netflix, cheap food, weed and welfare definitely seem to keep many poor people in couch lock stupors. And maybe viol

Interesting perspective. Yeah, video games, netflix, cheap food, weed and welfare definitely seem to keep many poor people in couch lock stupors. And maybe violent video games add some kind of aggression sink effect. Wow.

vasilipupkin 9y ago
I doubt it because then we would see a similar drop in Chicago and we don't.
- linkmotif 9y ago
  The welfare situation down there doesn’t really seem sufficient. The NYCHA, on the other hand, appears to be functional and provides relative security and stability for its residents, while the city provides enough work opportunity for those who can and want to work. You couldn’t write an article like this about Chicago: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-municipal-workers-enjoy-supplementary-welfare-state http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-m...
  - almost_usual 9y ago
    Convincing the citizens of Chicago/Illinois more taxes is a good solution would not be easy. The state of Illinois itself is bankrupt and already suffers from exorbitant taxes.
almost_usual 9y ago
Rust belt cities have more violence than ever right now. NYC’s crime drop is due to gentrification.
- linkmotif 9y ago
  So the issue I have with people citing gentrification is: given gentrification alone (without an accompanied descrease in overall wealth inequality) wouldn’t the concentrated wealth attract crime? So any argument that cites gentrification has to show that it brings up everybody, not just the gentrifiers. The rust belt has no effective welfare system akin to http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-municipal-workers-enjoy-supplementary-welfare-state http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-m.... To my knowledge the rust belt only offers disability.
  - almost_usual 9y ago
    This is quoted in that article. "It’s working, for now, in New York. Detroit had a little less luck with it, because there are not very many 26-year-olds earning $600,000 a year who want to live in Detroit." It's hard to create a welfare system akin to NYC when young professionals do not want to move there.
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vasilipupkin 9y ago

I doubt it because then we would see a similar drop in Chicago and we don't.

linkmotif 9y ago
The welfare situation down there doesn’t really seem sufficient. The NYCHA, on the other hand, appears to be functional and provides relative security and stability for its residents, while the city provides enough work opportunity for those who can and want to work. You couldn’t write an article like this about Chicago: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-municipal-workers-enjoy-supplementary-welfare-state http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-m...
- almost_usual 9y ago
  Convincing the citizens of Chicago/Illinois more taxes is a good solution would not be easy. The state of Illinois itself is bankrupt and already suffers from exorbitant taxes.

almost_usual 9y ago

Rust belt cities have more violence than ever right now. NYC’s crime drop is due to gentrification.

linkmotif 9y ago
So the issue I have with people citing gentrification is: given gentrification alone (without an accompanied descrease in overall wealth inequality) wouldn’t the concentrated wealth attract crime? So any argument that cites gentrification has to show that it brings up everybody, not just the gentrifiers. The rust belt has no effective welfare system akin to http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-municipal-workers-enjoy-supplementary-welfare-state http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448741/new-york-city-m.... To my knowledge the rust belt only offers disability.
- almost_usual 9y ago
  This is quoted in that article. "It’s working, for now, in New York. Detroit had a little less luck with it, because there are not very many 26-year-olds earning $600,000 a year who want to live in Detroit." It's hard to create a welfare system akin to NYC when young professionals do not want to move there.
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