Originally Posted by
Detroitnerd
Whether it's de jure or de facto, collectively, we have established one of the most income-segregated metropolitan regions in the world. I can understand why some people on this board would back way up and say, "We? We didn't choose to be so racially and income stratified! That wasn't conscious!" But that's the way it is, so, whether it was one overarching plan or the result of millions of individual decisions, that's what happened.
And the end result, I believe, is the underlying cause of having a slum city. Then why should we act all surprised when a slum city is run by crooked politicians? The majority of those of us with the means to do so looked away for years and figured, "It's their problem now; let them deal with it." So why then all this shock about a slum being poorly managed?