As New York Rents Soar, Public Housing Becomes Lifelong Refuge

Re:As New York Rents Soar, Public Housing Becomes Lifelong R... by beatpanda on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @05:01PM (#10006263)

We do want disparate classes of people living close together, as there is evidence that this is a highly effective means of alleviating poverty: http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/

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Re:As New York Rents Soar, Public Housing Becomes Lifelong R... by danielweber on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @05:15PM (#10006332)

How many poor people can you stick next to the rich people before the rich people leave for a place where they aren't part of your social experiment?

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Re:As New York Rents Soar, Public Housing Becomes Lifelong R... by beatpanda on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @05:28PM (#10006401)

Not sure, but rich people don't seem to have a problem when the process runs in the opposite direction

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Re:As New York Rents Soar, Public Housing Becomes Lifelong R... by danielweber on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @11:58AM (#10010698)

I don't understand what this means. They don't mind when poor people move out? Of course they don't.

Unless you are going to legally stop people from moving out, you are going to figure out how much you can keep the factor you apparently need -- rich people -- while letting as many poor people as possible benefit from being in a mixed-income neighborhood.

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