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Originally posted by taxwonk
Of course, Hello, you really don't know very much about Chicago if you think that the North Shore is either liberal or Democrat. If you're talking about the city's lakefront neighborhoods, then there is not much housing that would be affordable to voucher tenants. Hell, there isn't much housing on the lakefron that would be affordable to young lawyers making less than BIGLAW salaries.
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This is funny in ways that nobody could understand merely from seeing my internet persona.
A.) The article specifically notes that the lady was turned away at many more affordable places on the North Shore, and is the only recipient in the town where she could find a place. In other places (read: other states), the voucher limits are actually raised to ensure that some section 8 recipient or another can afford to live there. This was discussed on the Infirm politics board about 2 years ago, with respect to suburbs in the DC area.
B.) Liberal like Deerfield? Evanston? Liberal like the late Senator Dixon (or whoever that guy was whose daughter was murdered)? Don't get me wrong, I'm not from the North Shore. But the area is a punch line for working-class conservatives. That said, honest question, who are the congresspersons from the North Shore these days?
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