Comment 103806

By RobF (registered) | Posted August 07, 2014 at 23:38:27 in reply to Comment 103799

To suggest that we don't improve corridors like Main/King for reasons of rent control is to suggest that we keep an area of the city depressed and less attractive to live in so that those with less money can afford those areas. This approach doesn't address the real issues of poverty because those who are forced to live in such areas still have to deal with the negative side effects: increased pollution, fewer options for jobs, dangerous car traffic nearby, exposure to crime and vandalism, fewer opportunities, less access to safe cycling routes, etc

Clearly, this isn't my point, and i said as much. My point was alone the changes will lead to displacement (and i don't hold out much promise for "smart policy" in this regard ... other places haven't managed to get around the problem, indeed it is often the implied objective of "revitalization" when it becomes official policy). There's no free lunch. This is not meant as an attack on Ryan. Policy choices produce winners and losers ... we should be able to acknowledge that and discuss it.

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