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Originally Posted by combusean
It would be illegal for Native American Connections to only rent or sell to Indians. The problem with the complexes is that they're subsidized housing in an area that's trying to rebuild itself with merchants catering to the mainstream. Affordable housing keeps the area poor, which scares off any new retailer.
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I guess that's the reasoning when one lives in say, Chandler, but to say affordable housing scares off ANY new retailer is absurd. Nordstrom may not move in, but stores that cater to that income level, will. As for downtown, there is obviously a good mix to draw national retailers to places like Cityscape, for example. Yes, there's a shitload of poor like every other American city and yet the retailers come when there's enough people living there. That's what's happening now in downtown.
As for subsidized housing keeping an area poor, is because NIMBY's in the suburbs, say Chandler for example, want sterile, unaffected lifestyles. Seeing the poor walk around makes them feel unsafe.