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MontisQ t1_iwrej97 wrote

Reply to comment by needleinacamelseye in Baltimore’s Math Equation: Housing in the City is a Number’s Game by Skontradiction

>I think Torrence's concern is that the logical choice for multi-family conversions would be houses in neighborhoods where poor people currently live

I just don't see how anyone would think that this would be the case, a councilmember nonetheless. We can look at the census data and see which neighborhoods are growing and which aren't. A developer would be pretty stupid if they think "Lets build where there is no demand".

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needleinacamelseye t1_iwrjiqt wrote

I wonder if some of Torrance's opposition isn't economic, but cultural - poor Black neighborhoods have a long and sad history of getting the short end of the stick when the government decides to 'improve' the city (see Preston Gardens, Cross Keys, the Highway to Nowhere, what's currently going on in Poppleton, anything referred to as slum clearance, etc). I'd be wary of policy designed to make development easier if those policies always seemed to end up hurting my community in the past...

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MontisQ t1_iwrl8uk wrote

I think you are probably right and that's a legit point to make. Dorsey seems to be in a shitty spot where he has to say "It'll be different THIS time!".. I wonder how many times someone like Torrence has heard that.

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