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[quote=Anonymous]I am curious how people who have given this any thought - especially people with experience living in increasingly unequal, corrupt and dysfunctional places - see things unfolding in the DC area in that kind of scenario. My guess is that crime would increase, the few affluent folks and the dwindling numbers of middle-class people live increasingly isolated lives in their secured homes because they are afraid to venture out as much, and many homes would be turned into boarding houses as a way to help make ends meet. I don't know why in some other cities like Paris, the slums are on the outskirts, whereas in many faded American cities, the areas that went downhill first are close in - maybe zoning? Another difference I can think of is that the social fabric in the U.S. is generally weaker than in most other cultures where people are less mobile and extended families are closer knit, so that might make things unfold a little differently too. [/quote]
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