Oh for crying out loud. Crown Heights, Sam? Howard Beach? To claim that there are no neighborhoods where the average passerby might be in danger because of his race is disingenous. They beat two people to death in Over-the-Rhine, purely for being white and being there. It happens. Get over it.
Laws concerning realtors are irrelevant. The fact that there are vibrant multiracial neighborhoods is irrelevant. There are also neighborhoods where there is a color line. Geez. On 8/20/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then you're lucky. :) > > Seriously, one of the neighborhoods my foster son's mom lived in would > be considered a "bad neighborhood" by Madison standards. It's racially > diverse - there's not one dominant race there. Why is it bad? It's a > series of poorly maintained, low cost apartment buildings that are > known for drug dealing and prostitution. It's an economic thing, not a > color thing. Was I afraid to go there? Nope. Would I want to raise > kids there? Nope. There's no socio-economic diversity - no home > owners, no college students, etc. Which isn't to say that there aren't > some nice people there. She didn't stick in that neighborhood long > enough for me to meet anyone, but I'm sure there were some nice > families, just struggling to make ends meet. > > Similarly, I wouldn't want to raise my kid in an all white farm > community, either. Diversity is important, but it needs to be > diversity on multiple levels. > > On 8/20/07, Sam wrote: > > All the bad neighborhood's I lived in where. > > > > On 8/20/07, Deanna Schneider wrote: > > > Huh - that's pretty much the neighborhood I live in, and I wouldn't > > > have it any other way. > > > > > > Too bad all "bad neighborhoods" aren't really like that. > > > > > > On 8/19/07, Sam wrote: > > > > http://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/adp/blog/bad_neighborhood/ > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
