- Studies say that lower-income people do better when they live in affluent neighborhoods, but rich people don’t want them there. A few states are seeking ways around that resistance.
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I think a certain level of poverty can be tolerated in a competitive capitalist system, but what is not morally acceptable is for those in poverty to be denied access to education, housing, food, and healthcare. These should be basic guarantees to all citizens, and amenities beyond that can be purchased thru whatever work you can sell.
A bit local, but if we could get the the whole SF Bay Area organized into a single transit authority with proper funding then those with less income would be able afford to live in less expensive neighborhoods while still working elsewhere. The cost of owning and maintaining your own transit is a huge reason why living out here is so expensive.
This is a very interesting article. I need more long non-fluffed articles in my life. I worry that in the future articles will be long but full of fluff, fluff, and more fluff. backtoyoujim, nice question to pose there. Of course there should be poor people but only to an extent in my opinion.
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Sorry ... I'm not trying to be glib. I think that is it insane that we have more empty houses than homeless in the US if statistics bandied about the internet are to be believed. And "business reasons" are given to stop the property redistributions because legal fictions fighting over a fiat currency say, "It will cost our bottom line." And it is not that I think that projects like Quixote Village don't have real value to people that are in need. It is that the line of thinking panders to the status quo.