Great post Lynnell. I live scant blocks from the Jordan neighborhood myself. The City, Inc. is less than six blocks from my house. But, the difference between Powderhorn and Corocran versus Jordan and Phillips is nothing short of mind-boggling. These four neighborhoods are blocks from each other, but if you are living in Powderhorn/Corcoran versus Phillips/Jordan, the differences are something akin to Tijuana versus San Diego. Lake Street is a very real dividing line. I'm actually very curious as to how much longer it will be before we have some of the community flare ups in Jordan and Phillips like the ones that took place recently on the North side.
There is a concept in political science called relative deprivation. For those of you that haven't taken a poly sci class, or haven't in a while, relative deprivation is the measurement of the real value of what a population has versus what a population believes it should have. When the value of what a community believes it should have outpaces that which the community actually has, tension rises eventually resulting in some sort of action that is usually violent. With such a visible contrast between the neighorhoods on the North side of Lake Street versus the neigbhorhoods on the South side of Lake Street, I'd imagine an explosion any day now. And Jordan should have safe streets, a clean community, community control over resources, and a representative in City Hall that actually cares about his constiuency. -Brandon Lacy Campos -Powderhorn Park _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
