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[quote=Anonymous]Crime rates are associated with areas with a HIGH concentration of extremely low income in a particular areas due in part to the lack of economic and educational opportunity in those areas.  Part of the point is to reduce these high concentrations (intentionally created by past public policy by the way) and thereby decrease overall crime.  [/quote]

Sorry, but that doesn't actually work. The poor people bring their problems with them, as demonstrated by the story shared by the North Arlington renter above. Reminds me of how people think that in workplaces, if you move a low performer to a high-performing team, the low-performer will improve, when studies show that what actually happens is that everyone gets dragged down and that the team gets worse overall.[/quote]

I have data, do you? [/quote]

“We found that the connection people observe between voucher households and crime has more to do with the fact that voucher households have limited options on the housing market, and they are more likely to move to higher crime environments,” he said. “It’s not that they tend to bring crime to neighborhoods.” [/quote]

Here is "data" from the research you referenced. 
It states that there was  "a 2 percent increase in burglary" and "a 2 percent increase assault and battery ... in and near the blocks in which the former high-rise households relocated". Also mentioned in the research you referenced. "a study of crime reports, arrests, and voucher records in Chicago suggests that relocated households are more likely to be the alleged perpetrators of crime and more likely to be the victims of crime than the average resident in the neighborhoods to which they move"  It does bring crime to the neighborhoods where they relocate to and the research does not even refute this statement. The research author is just claiming that it is"more to do with" limited financial resources, which is a very dubious.

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