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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't we just be done with it and just have the government assign where we all live rather than the market? :roll:

This is why a lot of folks view many liberals as communists.[/quote]

The government doesn't assign where anyone lives....anymore. People can make choices.

The government does draw school boundaries.

If there is something widely known to be a social ill, the government can use its legitimate power to correct that ill. It doesn't have to do things like tell people where to live.

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So, there are differences in house values in different parts of the county.  Surely this is not unique to Arlington.  The government draws school boundaries.  If it chooses to draw such boundaries to promote neighborhood schools, these schools will not be SES diverse.  This apparently is a "social ill."  Does this imply that anyone who purchases a home in an expensive area with neighborhood schools is racist?  Is it legitimate for government to bus kids to make school more diverse?  This, of course, reduces the value of houses in expensive areas and potentially increases it in cheaper areas.  Is it a legitimate role of local government to dispossess the rich?  Should anyone be surprised when rich liberals complain about having to spend more money for housing and then have the advantages of that housing taken away?

No, the government doesn't have to tell people where to live (except when engaging in subsidized housing), but does the government have the right to manipulate the relative pricing of housing, which in essence is the same thing?  Some posters seem to think that it is inherently racist to live in expensive neighborhoods.  What is the response to the inherent "racist" act of purchasing an expensive house?  Presumably to not allow it.  That's where the argument leads.

Why is subsidized housing called affordable?  AFAICT, an occupied house or apartment was considered affordable at the time the owner purchased or rented it.  Maybe if the supporters of subsidized housing weren't so disingenuous in their choice of language, it would have more support (but I doubt it).[/quote]

Housing in Arlington is more expensive in majority white neighborhoods that feed into majority white/very low FARMS schools than it is in neighborhoods that feed into more diverse schools -- for comparable housing stock, commutes, etc., all within the same overall school district.

And to say the government doesn't have the "right to manipulate the relative pricing of housing" is ridiculous. First, changing school boundaries is going to have a marginal effect on real estate prices compared to other things, such as location (Arlington) and house size/condition. WITHIN Arlington it may have an effect, but in the overall real estate market -- hardly. Secondly, what the hell do you think ZONING is?  [/quote]

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