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It's called basic supply and demand.

• jrochkind1 9y ago
  I refuse to think the only way that humans can live successfully is with large portions of the population living in crappy neighborhoods because they don't have enough money to do otherwise, or that this even counts as "successfully".
  • closeparen 9y ago
    The only way to increase the aggregate experienced neighborhood quality is to make more good neighborhoods, probably where crappy ones currently stand. Many find this unpalatable, as it extends access from the upper middle class and then down instead of from the homeless and then up. Favored alternatives (rent control, affordability requirements) don’t meaningfully increase access at all, but merely redistribute it from highest bidders to lottery/waiting list winners.
  • dwaltrip 9y ago
    I totally agree with you! But solutions don't come easily if the cause isn't understood.