🏙️ About Housing
Why are some areas designated to be cleaned regularly, like parks and certain city blocks and middle-class neighborhoods? Then you have places in every city that are run down, dirty, and crime-ridden leftovers from Jim Crow and redlining days.
If all that bad stuff like slavery, segregation, marginalization is supposedly in the past, then why do these neglected buildings still stand? Like ancient pyramids, they remind us of how one-sided our society has become.
Imagine if we could spend half the money that is allocated to purchased new homes and use the other half savaging empty unused buildings, this idea could turn out to be a win, win situation. It would not only save tax payers money, but it can show positive proof of the city’s commitment.
When you clean a bad area, people in that area will evolve to match that environment. Look at New York City, it had a wild reputation from the “42nd Street” area. It was given a renewal project and they cleared, cleaned, tore down and rebuild, and unless you lived there before, you’d never would have known of its infamous past.
If you want better people, change their environment, it’s a slow process. which will require retraining people to live better. Let’s try using out-of-the-box-ideas like a “earn-it” program! Offer cash prizes for having the cleanest blocks make it a contest, or give people a chance to earn money by solving civic problems. Let our money work for everyone.
Eliminate bad areas, and you reduce bad actors. Don’t just give them time give them homework. Make education the new accountability. Many bad actors hate reading so make knowledge their resistance.
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By The Street Sentinel