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2016-05-22 Government

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Posted by Bobby 2016-05-22 13:34|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 8.1 in San Diego seems about right

Posted by Frank G 2016-05-22 14:55|| 2016-05-22 14:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, boo hoo. Portland doesn't want to end up looking like Los Angeles? Shame on them. And San Francisco has no more open space left? How did that happen? So you take Los Angeles, or San Diego, where they've been screaming for more affordable housing and building as fast as they can for decades and the cost of housing just keeps sky rocketing. That's what happens when you have a great demand on top of a government policy like the Community Reinvestment Act. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac promoted all those exotic and sub prime mortgages to "help people". Only problem is when you make it easier for unqualified borrowers to get a home loan you drive the cost of homes up. IIRC, CRA was a liberal, progressive idea. Bottom line is: San Diego is expensive and it's already way too crowded. Try Detroit.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-05-22 15:17|| 2016-05-22 15:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Even Detroit is losing black folks -

The most distressed cities in this region are the usual suspects: Detroit, Cleveland, Flint and Youngstown. All have declining black populations, both in their urban cores and region-wide. They are losing black residents to migration.

Leaving a void filled with ... southwest Asians?

Posted by Bobby 2016-05-22 16:33|| 2016-05-22 16:33|| Front Page Top

#4 And where are those blacks leaving Detroit et. al. going?

Seriously, I don't know. Are they going to Cali. or Texas or NY or back to the south?

Posted by AlanC 2016-05-22 17:44|| 2016-05-22 17:44|| Front Page Top

#5 ...who's giving out the most free stuff? From the aerial photographs, it doesn't appear to be Windsor, ON.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-05-22 17:55|| 2016-05-22 17:55|| Front Page Top

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