[FreedomFriend]

Yeah, I remember seeing that grocery chain. I think the name of it was "Fiesta". I figured that it was a Mexican grocery store, being that the colors of the store were red, white, and green, not to mention its name.

I saw several "Fiestas" throughout the Houston area. It's apparent that Houston really does have a problem.

As far as the posters and business techniques, I agree. Business people from banks to billboard companies to realators work for demographic change. It's all about money to them. They see the slightest bit of demographic change in an area, and they then seek to capitalize on it. They do this by swaying certain groups to that area, mainly one that is not the majority, and eventually within ten years the area has changed so much. In the meantime, they cash in big time as the neighborhood old timers seek to sell their homes to get away from the change and into a neighborhood that looks more like home. This is supposed to be against the law, but the same principle still happens. They don't go around the neighborhood creating fear, but they effectively try to change the neighborhood, regardless.

[lentulusgracchus]

They do this by swaying certain groups to that area, mainly one that is not the majority, and eventually within ten years the area has changed so much. In the meantime, they cash in big time as the neighborhood old timers seek to sell their homes to get away from the change and into a neighborhood that looks more like home.

This is called blockbusting. Do you have any articles or resources that discuss how businesses actively do this? This is an important point and sounds halfway plausible -- almost enough to get out the tinfoil hats -- have you anything to corroborate your observation? PBS documentaries, that kind of thing? The local PBS affiliate, KUHT, once did a documentary about 1960's blockbusting, which was undertaken by an unethical real-estate firm (very few individuals involved, really), and their lowlife tactics. But do you have any further information or references about the practice being imitated more widely by business?