If you learned this was being built next door would you protest.

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Mixed-income housing is the way to go.

I have subsidized housing developments a couple blocks away. I also have million dollars homes a couple of blocks away. In my townhouse complex, 2 of the 20 units are subsidized. It's all good.

Heck, a detached townhouse a block-away sold for $100k over asking recently. The projects haven't reduced property values here.

You would think this would be obvious.

"Let's put a large number or poor people together in a small space. That way they can learn to be successful of one another."

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Originally posted by: RocksteadyDotNet

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Mixed-income housing is the way to go.

I have subsidized housing developments a couple blocks away. I also have million dollars homes a couple of blocks away. In my townhouse complex, 2 of the 20 units are subsidized. It's all good.

Heck, a detached townhouse a block-away sold for $100k over asking recently. The projects haven't reduced property values here.

You would think this would be obvious.

"Let's put a large number or poor people together in a small space. That way they can learn to be successful of one another."

Hell, look at prisions. You put a huge number of anti-social, violent, poor criminals together in cramped conditions. They all follow the rules and come out rehabilitated.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: RocksteadyDotNet

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Mixed-income housing is the way to go.

I have subsidized housing developments a couple blocks away. I also have million dollars homes a couple of blocks away. In my townhouse complex, 2 of the 20 units are subsidized. It's all good.

Heck, a detached townhouse a block-away sold for $100k over asking recently. The projects haven't reduced property values here.

You would think this would be obvious.

"Let's put a large number or poor people together in a small space. That way they can learn to be successful of one another."

trouble is that does nto always work.

in Chicago they had this idea. tear down teh large houseing complex's and build a bunch of mixed-income places. so they started building (and tore down the houseing people were living in now) with the idea people would buy the expensive places first then the poor would get cheap/free housing with the rest.

well the builders only built the ones purchased by the "rich". they say since houseing went down they can't afford to build the sect 8 ones etc.

now you have thousands of people without homes at all and the city makeign money off it.

then again it could just be the fact that Chicago is fucking currupt.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: RocksteadyDotNet

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Mixed-income housing is the way to go.

I have subsidized housing developments a couple blocks away. I also have million dollars homes a couple of blocks away. In my townhouse complex, 2 of the 20 units are subsidized. It's all good.

Heck, a detached townhouse a block-away sold for $100k over asking recently. The projects haven't reduced property values here.

You would think this would be obvious.

"Let's put a large number or poor people together in a small space. That way they can learn to be successful of one another."

trouble is that does nto always work.

in Chicago they had this idea. tear down teh large houseing complex's and build a bunch of mixed-income places. so they started building (and tore down the houseing people were living in now) with the idea people would buy the expensive places first then the poor would get cheap/free housing with the rest.

well the builders only built the ones purchased by the "rich". they say since houseing went down they can't afford to build the sect 8 ones etc.

now you have thousands of people without homes at all and the city makeign money off it.

then again it could just be the fact that Chicago is fucking currupt.

Well, that's not a case of the plan not working, just poor execution.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: RocksteadyDotNet

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I agree we need to house and feed those who are mentally or physically unable to take care of themselves and have nobody else to help them. But that assistance should be of a quality level that strongly encourages the discontinuance of it's use.

Yeah, I wasn't suggesting anything fancy.

A single room somewhere. They probably dont even need a light or anything. Just somewhere to sleep.

That's still too much when you throw in three square meals. I know plenty of guys who could care less and would live there free and just spend all day hanging out with their friends, except for stopping by the apartment cafe for their meals. Not to mention, so long as those rooms are 6' long you're going to have a steady stream of neglected children pouring out into society.