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[–] gindc 3 points 7 points (+10|-3) ago 

I live in a suburban county that mixes section 8 housing with regular housing. It's actually a good idea and seems to be working. And my county has been doing this for over 35 years.

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[–] NotJuanMadden 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

Downvoats for sharing your experience. Nice.

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[–] gindc 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

Just fake internet points. But I do appreciate your comment, that's not fake. Thanks.

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[–] homosexuals_are_gay 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

How was it at first? I'd imagine things have leveled out after 35 years, but there had to have been a hit to property values and increase in crime at first, no?

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[–] gindc 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

It's one of the richest counties in the country. Real estate prices were always pretty high. I'm sure there were some problems at first. And being a rich county there was always good policing. But overall 35 years later it's still a rich county and the crime rate has alway been low. If you really want to look it up it's Columbia, MD.

I also lived in Arlington Virginia. It's the most densely populated county in the country. So section 8 housing is everywhere. When I lived there they had 3 years of zero homicides. Again I don't think it hurt property values.

The real problem is putting all the section 8 housing in one place. Baltimore did this for a long time and it didn't work. People become afraid to call the police. And crime just escalates. If you've ever seen the TV show "The Wire" it's very accurate about the problems of high density section 8 housing (putting all the poor people together). People never learn how to get out of the poverty. And if someone shows interest in school and academics, they are shunned by their peers.

When the population is mixed economics, poor people don't feel pressured to act poor. Because there are plenty of people around them taking academics seriously.

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[–] Rommel79 ago 

My old house's value dropped damned near 50% after they introduced Section 8 housing in the neighborhood. We moved after the shootings started.