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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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[–] leahbettsisdead 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Is wrong to have envisioned bacteria growing in peitry dish when you described grouping all the poverty stricken in one section of town?