Quote:
Originally posted by taxwonk
I don't want to blow any holes in your theory or anything. Oh hell, yes I do, but only because it's silly.
I first moved to the suburbs because the city was too freaking crowded and dirty. But now, I live where I do because my employer is out here. And so is Sears. And Motorola. And Exelon (youu might remember it when it was just plain old Com Ed).
There's also the fact that I bought a new home for a little less than half what my brother paid for a falling-down "fixer-upper" in West Lakeview. Oh, and I have this thing called a driveway to park my car or for friends to park theirs.
You took a lot of shit for your theory because it has more holes in it than a wheel of Jarlsberg.
|
Gee, when you don't have a substantive answer that can't be blown apart on a first pass, just call the other side "silly" or "stupid" or something. You know this Sebby character?
The fact is, people use codewords like "crowded and dirty" to justify moving from Austin to Oak Park, though the neighborhoods are virtually identical but-for this one little thing that the evil coalition has wrought.
Work? Who left the city first, the scared whites or Sears, Motorola and Exelon? Its the whole critical mass thing I addressed in another post.
Cheaper? Your subdivision wasn't new, was it? There have been numerous articles and studies in the Chicago area noting that the infrastructure for new communities (roads, sewers, schools) is bought with tax money from old communities. But hey, those aren't your neighbors anymore, so fuck-em, right?
So tell me about more holes in my theory regarding fairness etc. The fact is, you and the rest of the scared whites originally protested the idea of spreading section 8 to Lake Forest and Schaumburg and wherever-the-fuck Sebby lives. Let me guess, Motorola and Exelon and Sears won't hire those people, or they wouldn't be able to afford your half-off townhome, or... uhm, why shouldn't you suffer like those in the city again?
The thing is, nobody here has been able to justify the opposition. Y'all are too busy explaining that nope, its just better in the suburbs, and the lack of public housing and section 8 is just gravy!
Like I said. Wanna see how quickly the Democratic party agrees to get rid of your precious social programs? Threaten to fairly implement them so Democrats have to live with the results.
From the Republicans, the argument (not that you've presented any) is just disingenuous. From y'all Democrats, its downright hypocritical.
Hello
