Re:Economist Raj Chetty has found a surprising tool to fight...
by deogeo on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:24PM
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> To be clear, do you really think it's likely that good neighborhoods are shaped _primarily_ by factors independent of who lives in them?
I do not - I was pointing out the contradiction. Although to be fair, the way schools are funded in the US complicates this. If a neighborhood becomes low-income, then the schools will get less funding as well, as I understand it, because schools are funded from neighborhood-level property taxes.
Re:Economist Raj Chetty has found a surprising tool to fight...
by deogeo on Monday August 12, 2019 @10:52PM
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No need to apologize, my comment wasn't unambiguous. But that's because it doesn't matter how my sentiment is interpreted - it gets people thinking either way.
I do not - I was pointing out the contradiction. Although to be fair, the way schools are funded in the US complicates this. If a neighborhood becomes low-income, then the schools will get less funding as well, as I understand it, because schools are funded from neighborhood-level property taxes.