Turn and great neighborhood into a war zone...scared? give me a brake ..maybe if i moved to the city fromr the suburbs like most scared white people..... guns, unruly urban thugs. when a good neighborhood goes bad.. thats what scares me... not Dark people, u goon.

There's quite a bit of

By anon on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:24am.

There's quite a bit of section 8 housing in Brighton, Allston and even Brookline.

Do you even know what you're talking about?

I live in Southie and there's three Projects / Section 8 within 3 miles of each other, and it's a damn safe neighborhood.

I also like how the argument moved from Rental units to Section 8.

If you don't like diversity, Kansas will take you. That said, don't be such a pussy.

Is Tom Menino a low-income Haitian?

By Ron Newman on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 9:03am.

Last I heard, he lived in Hyde Park.

no.

By billings on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 9:12am.

It Happens all to often.... Hyde park went down the tubes a long time ago....... thats what happens when 85% of the neighborhood is low-income rental property. Now if it happend in Walcott Sq. or where the mayor lives in Readville.. well , u have yourself a story!!!

Fairmount Hill is low income?

By adamg on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 9:17am.

Grew Hill? The golf-course area?

Man I must really have blinders on.

I'm a renter

By Ron Newman on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:11am.

and lots of other folks whom I like in Davis, Porter, and Union squares are renters. I resent the idea that 'renters' somehow damage a neighborhood.

billings is clearly a troll,

By HenryAlan on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 12:44pm.

billings is clearly a troll, but there is an argument to be made connected with renters and neighborhood quality. The argument goes that renters are more likely to be transient, and therefore less likely to care about upkeep and such. The counter argument, of course, is that landlords need to be on top of keeping the property in good condition in order to attract paying renters. I'd say there is some of both, and the concept is a wash.

ETA

And there is also an argument that home ownership can lead to declining property quality. People who own more than they can afford might defer maintenance, etc. Again, I think it's all a wash, and there are far more complicated issues in play.

The bigger picture

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 1:52pm.

Some would argue that prices skyrocketed and neighborhoods went down hill when FEWER rentals were available.

That's because any given city needs rental units to keep the prices down. If renting gets too expensive, people buy ... or they leave. In an area with a lot of low-unit multifamily properties, that means that land lords need the income from the rental to keep their houses. If rental prices skyrocket because too many units go condo, people can't even afford to live in their own houses because the rents are too valuable to pass up.

In the big picture, there is an optimal mix of rental and owned property at all income levels. The big problem with Boston is that the proportions are out of wack.

Hear no evil, See no evil, Say no evil

By ispy on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 8:21pm.

Let's see whether this is kept out of the papers and BPD blog.
Let's see whether Menino, Consalvo, Murphy (hear no evil, see no evil, say no evil) have any comment on this crime. But, gee, I guess they probably won't, since none of them had any response to a HP DOUBLE homicide last week.

Stabbed during robbery in Hyde Park

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