Michael Atherton wrote: > And, if you want to see how much graffiti can lower the quality > of our neighborhoods just try visiting some large cities on the > East or West coasts.
Please offer some specific examples of this claim. I understand that many people do not like seeing graffiti in their neighborhoods, some however do. It's a big stretch to assign a cause of "lower quality of life" to graffiti. Even a correlation with quality of life seems hard to come by in our city. My recollection of the Stribune piece a few years ago was that the highest incidence of graffiti was NOT concentrated in those neighborhoods suffering with abundant poverty and crime. Someone with a better memory might correct me on this. Please try demonstrating this corellation if you believe it's there. Until then, I can list many things that are higher on the "quality of life" list than graffiti. I think I heard we might be closing some libraries soon. I see this as mainly an aesthetic issue, especially on public property. Conor Donnelly WaitePark 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
