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To: Second Amendment First
Re: “And if you build low-income housing projects in middle class neighborhoods the middle class people will move, because they are strongly averse to crime and antisocial behavior.”

Exactly correct.

The racial “transformation” has already begun in my medium sized, upper middle class town east of Seattle.

I moved here 10 years ago. The town is roughly 30% Asian, 5% Russian, 65% white American. Almost no violent crime. Completely peaceful and quiet, except for an occasional rowdy group of drunk college kids on weekends.

Six months ago, working age Black guys started showing up in my neighborhood, walking around, doing nothing, on work days.

Turns out an older apartment complex down the street was sold, re-financed with a federally guaranteed loan at almost zero percent, and was converted to low income and Section 8 housing.

Last month, a brand new apartment building opened a couple hundred yards from my backyard. Same story, low income, Section 8, plus a special treat, 20 additional apartments for the homeless.

And, now I just found out that an older commercial office building a few blocks away is being refurbished as a 150 bed homeless shelter!

I'm actually lucky, because I'm a renter. I can, and will, move.

But most of the people in this neighborhood own condos, and there is a significant amount of expensive office space around here, too.

I'll guess their property values have gone down 25% in the last six months.

Only about 6% of King County (Seattle) residents are Black. But more than 50% of my new “neighbors” are Black. I now have ten times more impoverished, angry, potentially violent Black neighbors than I did when I lived in downtown Seattle ten years ago!

Breaks my heart. I'm an old guy, and I had really begun thinking I was going to live the rest of my life in this very pleasant neighborhood.

I can't help but laugh about one thing - this town votes 75% Democrat.

Way to go, fools. Inherit the Wind!

46 posted on 07/12/2015 9:55:41 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

What you describe will probably happen soon in my neighborhood in Shoreline. We are relatively close to Aurora Ave, so the mayor and council will start the wreckage in our areas first. The more affluent people down towards Puget Sound will be spared.


47 posted on 07/12/2015 12:22:31 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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