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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Mar 26 12:05:39 2015, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by SLRT on Thu Mar 26 11:50:53 2015. Yeah, the "enightened reasoning" crap is just that, crap. It's a way to sugarcoat what was happening back then, and to try and rewrite what happened.The fact remains that, the housing stock was aging, and decaying, and crime was on the rise. The people that had new found income could afford to leave, and follow what was the 40's and 50's and 60's "ideal" of a private car and life in the suburbs. Cities were looked at as old fashioned, crime ridden places. That perception eventually turned to reality in some neighborhoods as the decayed housing stock attracted poorer people and crime went up. That was further exploited by redlining, blockbusting, further decay, arson, insurance fraud, and everything else that drove even more people out, and further destroyed the neighborhoods. |
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