[ladylib]

The danger is people will still keep coming, but the ones you want to keep might go away because they've got other choices," he said. "You might be keeping the wrong kinds of people. Middle-class taxpayers might get up and go. That's the key. Who are the ones leaving?"

The ones that will still keep coming are the illegals. The ones that want to leave are the tax base. Better be nice to the tax base or LA will look like certain places in Northern CA where they are closing schools for lack of students and people are moving far, far away.

[Clemenza]

In Seattle they have been closing schools due to the 1. high cost of housing in the city pricing out young families with kids and 2. the trend of many cities or wealthy sections of cities being settled by Gays or DINKs (double income, no kids).

Personally, I jump for joy whenever I hear of a school closing.