Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime?
by watwut on Monday April 21, 2014 @06:23AM
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More likely with general fear/dislike of air pollution combined with dislike of noise and high traffic itself. Living close to freeway is unpleasant, rich can afford something else, poor can not. Where it is not about about direct money, it is usually rich not poor who make decisions.
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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime?
by jessaustin on Monday April 21, 2014 @12:06PM
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While today it is largely a question of where one chooses, and can afford, to buy or rent, the freeways haven't been here forever. They were built within the last several generations, and always located so that they would destroy the livability of lower-class neighborhoods. The freeway concept is inherently unjust; it doesn't merely reflect the injustice of society.