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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There'd be no persistent poverty in wards 7 & 8 if it weren't subsidized.  We pay people not to work, and then take the pay from them if they find a job.  This is the appeal of Universal Basic Income - no disincentive to work.

Same story for subsidized housing:  get a good job, lose your housing. It's a backdoor handout to the building owner. Same for restrictive zoning practices, protects building owners from competition.

Quite simply, we should have emergency food and shelter available for anyone who needs it, on top of Universal Basic Income and permissive zoning laws, but no housing or needs-based income subsidies.

Those who will work, will work. Those who won't will be priced out into the suburbs and beyond. No concentrated persistent poverty. If it's persistent, it will be diffuse, and will probably be in areas that have more resources. [/quote]

Demographics of EOTR is improving and there are less blacks folks as it used to be. This might improve the visibility and crime situation. [/quote]

Yep, the 14th St SE Safeway used to be nearly as bad as the 40th St NE one is now - its nickname was "the Unsafeway."

Once enough well heeled white folks moved into the neighborhood they got a shiny new store with a wine cave and dry aged meat counter. The 4oth St NE Safeway is closing down in April 2022, and the entire shopping center is slated for redevelopment beginning in 2023. I imagine once it opens in probably 2025 or so the demographics will have shifted enough that we'll get a shiny new store of our own.  [/quote]

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