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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MoCo is already a oretty dense, urbanized county (at least inside the beltway which seems to be where any new apartment buildings would be).

Where are you looking that you think a small apartment building would change the character of a neighborhood?[/quote]

It would change that character of many neighborhoods, create overcrowding and bring crime. [/quote]

Small apartment buildings cause crime?[/quote]

Low income residents are more likely to commit crime. A resident of a household in the bottom 20% of the income distribution is 6.8x as likely to commit a violent crime as a resident in the top 20% of the income distribution. It only a change in the income composition of a neighborhood to substantially increase the crime rate.  Example, the current neighborhood income composition is 50% Qunitile5, 40% and Quintile 4, 10% quintile 3. The average violent crime rate for adolescents would be in 2.8 incidents per 1,000 people. If the neighborhood changes to 40% Q5, 40% Q4, 10% Q3, 5% Q2, 5% Q1, the average violent crime rate would increase to 3.53 incidents per 1, people. So the violent crime rate per 1,000 people would increase by 26% from a small change in the income composition.[/quote]

Go take statistics 101 and learn what the difference between correlation and causation is, genius. [/quote]

The correlation between income and crime rates is very real and an increase in the low-income population will increase average crime rates in a community. Anyone who has grown up in poverty knows this fact. Only the very sheltered people who have never lived in a low-income neighborhood don't believe this to be true. You guys are just upset because reality does not confirm with your worldview that everyone is "equal" and poverty is only due to environmental factors[/quote]

But a neighborhood with different housing types isn't a "low-income" neighborhood. [/quote]
No, it is one where you imported problems so now you are dealing with issues that you did not have previously; in your neighborhood, in your schools, in stress to services, and on and on and on. Why this social engineering through housing? Ridiculous.[/quote]

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