NRP Participation: Has anyone ever looked at whether renters generally have stable addresses. My guess is that most of them do not. The mechanics of renting encourage settling for something short of what you really want. You give your notice from an unsatisfactory place and then have a limited amount of time to replace the shelter with something else. It is sort of like getting married on a timetable. The resulting marriage wouldn't be great, and the resulting rental choice isn't either.
Transience matters because there is a lot less commitment to a neighborhood. Plus, the renter doesn't have the financial stake in the vitality of the neighborhood. I say this as someone who only rented from 1965 to 1993. I know the tune. When it is your LANDLORD who stands to lose financially in a deteriorating neighborhood, you have a lot less incentive to prevent the deterioration. When my part of Windom Park deteriorated, I just moved to get away from the crime problems. That was an easier answer than getting involved in NRP. ##### Houses, schools, businesses, they are all part of the quality of a neighborhood. Rehabbing any of them fights neighborhood blight. In fact, schools are almost MORE important than houses since people with kids often want to know if there are good schools handy. #### I don't know how much NRP has spent, but what was the "participation" in buying Target Center or building the Target building on Nicollet Mall? Seems to me the complainers about NRP due to its participation levels ought to be REALLY infuriated about this corporate welfare. Who got to "participate" in that? -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
