> How/why do you not promote the growth of denser, middle class inner city neighborhoods with a diverse profile? Is there a positive reason to not encourage it?

> How/why do you not promote the growth of denser, middle class inner city neighborhoods with a diverse profile? Is there a positive reason to not encourage it? Nope! Not sure who said it first, but... If you don't know why some fucked up thing in America is the way it is, the answer is probably racism. In this case, it's white flight from city centers -> suburbs and racist real-estate practices. You can see it in what the author was told about Appleton, if you read between the lines: > he schools are much better in the newer areas, and people shop for school districts more than they shop for a house itself. While Appleton is a very safe little city, crime is always a bigger problem at the core compared to the edges. You have to think of the children. "Safer" == "whiter"