[Mpls] trash and crime and slum lords in Minneapolis

[Wendy Introwitz]

I have noticed on Grand Ave near Lake Street, a particular hot spot for
litter and crime this summer (more than a couple of armed robberies of
pedestrians in the past few weeks), that the buildings in worst shape seem
to have the largest amount of trash outside them.

I wonder if living in falling-apart buildings with no a/c in the sweltering
heat of the summer makes people resent their landlords and wealthier
neighbors, and so they throw their trash on the street as a form of protest
and disrespect?

Maybe not... but maybe.

Down in Texas they have no public housing and no subsidized housing.  I
observed a lot of what we would call "one room shacks" that were owned by
those who lived in them.  Most were as small as my living room and in
desperate need of paint... but I rarely saw one with piles of trash outside
the door.  Usually they were swept clean and tidy.

Is ownership the difference?  Or is it just that the people who end up in
the worst places are the people who wouldn't take care of their own place
anyway so they wind up living in slum apartments?

I'm getting dizzy chasing my tail... work beckons...

Wendy Introwitz Pareene
South Minneapolis

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