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Re:The Show Horse and the Work Horse by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @11:28AM (#20507495)
>there’s also a ton of neighborhood pushback against flea markets and such in many communities. Basically the wealthier folks don’t like the aesthetics of these things

Tons of perfectly fine things that don't really bother anyone are not allowed because wealthy people don't like the aesthetics.

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Re:The Show Horse and the Work Horse by jandrese on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @12:55PM (#20508200)
"Don't like the aesthetics" is code for "it attracts minorities and the poor." The primary reason they or their direct ancestors moved out of the city in the first place was to get away from "those people".
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Re:The Show Horse and the Work Horse by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @10:18PM (#20511918)
There's a heck of a lot of room for variation between "minorities and poor" and driving up the crime rate.

The blue collar dude with five cars and a project boat in his yard is totally unwelcome as far as the "muh property values" types care. He's not driving up the crime rate or leaving used needles around though.

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