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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyway, it’s also fascinating to see people struggle to grasp that poor people straight up make bad decisions because they’re poor. They don’t want a damn Whole Foods. They can’t afford that sht. Generally, nor do they possess the wherewithal to understand how to eat mostly vegetables and less unhealthy processed sht. Stores have tried to make a go of it and sell healthy food around Anacostia and Benming and Langton carver and the only way that food takes off is if the area is sufficiently gentrified. Except it’s evil to gentrify, so it’s easier to look for a billion nonsense reasons why there are “food deserts”. It’s because of theft and bad choices. We need to just let areas change. [b]We need to let the market work as it should even if people are priced out. No one has a right to be anywhere forever and it’s annoying to hear people complain about the sadness of poverty and being pushed out and blah blah.[/b] Let people move where they can afford to live and maybe that will encourage them to work harder and so forth. Instead of trying to grandfather in the same families to live in projects with subsidized rent for 50 years. I know this place is populated heavily by well intentioned housewives, but I live and grew up in the inner city in DC. It’s way better with gentrification.[/quote]
Many cities in the world are laid out this way:  the rich live in the center and the poor are out on the fringes.  I agree with you that poverty is the problem here, but shipping the poverty out to PG, Woodbridge, Manassas, Wheaton - is that really the best solution?[/quote]

DP. Yes I think that’s the right solution. The rich will always get the most desirable homes in the most popular neighborhoods, the most sought-after cars, the most enviable vacations, etc. The reason is that those things cost money, and people with more money are more able to afford those things. [b]That’s generally how our society works. [/b][/quote]

But is that the kid of society we want though? Moving poor people out to the fringes doesn't really solve the problem. We all pay for poverty/individuals' bad decisions. I mean look at our healthcare costs. Do we want to help people live healthier lives or are we ok with paying for high healthcare and other costs related to poverty? Maybe the really rich don't care about this but I do. I'd rather try to figure out how to get more people to be productive and healthy citizens so we all pay less.

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