Comments on: Poverty comes to the Texas suburbs http://texashousers.net/2008/08/09/poverty-comes-to-the-texas-suburbs/ working together to make low-income housing and community development a priority in Texas Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Living in Texas http://texashousers.net/2008/08/09/poverty-comes-to-the-texas-suburbs/#comment-597 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:04:34 +0000 http://txlihis.wordpress.com/?p=597#comment-597 The “outer suburbs” are currently very safe, clean, nice areas to live….. and you think it’s a good idea to bring in people that will help turn these nice areas into the ghetto? I had to “MOVE” out of my home I have lived in for nearly 30 years because several low-income housing units came in around me in the 75287 zip code. Crime went “way up.” Drug dealers around… gun shots… muggings…. I no longer felt safe and felt that my nice neighborhood was turning ghetto. I think it’s absurd that you think it’s a good idea to also spoil the new, safe, suburbs. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but I suppose you haven’t been in my shoes.

]]> By: Julia http://texashousers.net/2008/08/09/poverty-comes-to-the-texas-suburbs/#comment-183 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:13:49 +0000 http://txlihis.wordpress.com/?p=597#comment-183 The older ring suburbs will be gentrified and tied to the gentrification of the inner city. (Happening already in every major city).

The ‘newer’ outer ring suburbs will become the new slums. There will be no ‘opportunity’ there as transportation for the poor will become increasingly difficult. Without transportation (typically lacking in newer suburbs) the poor will be stranded, cut off from the nexus of jobs and transit.

]]> By: New report says Dallas, Houston show increases in concentrated working poverty rates « Texas housers http://texashousers.net/2008/08/09/poverty-comes-to-the-texas-suburbs/#comment-118 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:19:13 +0000 http://txlihis.wordpress.com/?p=597#comment-118 [...] a follow=up report to that authored by University of Texas at Dallas professor Paul Jargowsky which I wrote about earlier. Concentrated poverty areas are census tracts with 40 percent or more of the population [...]

]]> By: Dallas Morning News op-ed makes economic argument against housing segregation « Texas housers http://texashousers.net/2008/08/09/poverty-comes-to-the-texas-suburbs/#comment-113 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:21:43 +0000 http://txlihis.wordpress.com/?p=597#comment-113 [...] a carefully reasoned economic argument for tackling the racial and economic segregation I was blogging about last [...]

]]> By: Paul Jargowsky http://texashousers.net/2008/08/09/poverty-comes-to-the-texas-suburbs/#comment-103 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:27:31 +0000 http://txlihis.wordpress.com/?p=597#comment-103 I’m delighted that you are finding the Urban Poverty web site useful. Unfortunately, it is down temporarily. The server was compromised by hackers. We will try to get it up again shortly.

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