It seems the "tipping point" for whites is 30-40%. In other words, when african americans inhabit a neighborhood to the tune of 30-40%, wholesale "white-flight" begins to occur. In many instances, real-estate values go into a free-fall, and speculators move-in, purchasing properties for rent.
Which costs us more as a society, continuing this cycle, or subsidizing affordable housing to a larger degree in more affluent neighborhoods? More to the point, which helps the disadvantaged more?
Or if THAT doesn't wake you-up, how many of the rental properties (in inner-city Minneapolis) are owned by landlords living in municipalities OTHER than Minneapolis, which YOU and I are subsidizing the personal wealth/retirement of in the form of tax dollars, for which we're receiving no appreciable benefit???
Dennis Plante Jordan
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