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**NowFloabDow** · 09-26-2006, 08:39 PM

So you agree rather then trying to bring back the people that have lived their for generations you should build high rise condos? Thats seriously what they are doing down there. Mayor Nagan even got accused of trying to make it a 'white city'. Bringing in the rich and leaving out the poor.

You need to do what you need to do. If those areas are now valuable, under the rights of Eminent Domain, the government can confiscate them and do what is best for the city.

My guess is that enough areas are going to be converted to condos to bring up the tax base, in the assumption that the tax funds will help jumpstart the city.

As for the poor, if they owned the property, they'll get a settlement. Not that that will ever be sufficient for the loss of their... ancestral homes... but there are enough folks that moved out permanently that land should be fairly cheap.

If the poor were renters, it's their landlords that get hosed... and they now have some amount of cash to allow them to start over.

I'd guess that some areas will be converted to higher-value residencies, and some will be set up as more affordable housing.

09-26-2006, 08:39 PM	#62
NowFloabDow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	So you agree rather then trying to bring back the people that have lived their for generations you should build high rise condos? Thats seriously what they are doing down there. Mayor Nagan even got accused of trying to make it a 'white city'. Bringing in the rich and leaving out the poor. You need to do what you need to do. If those areas are now valuable, under the rights of Eminent Domain, the government can confiscate them and do what is best for the city. My guess is that enough areas are going to be converted to condos to bring up the tax base, in the assumption that the tax funds will help jumpstart the city. As for the poor, if they owned the property, they'll get a settlement. Not that that will ever be sufficient for the loss of their... ancestral homes... but there are enough folks that moved out permanently that land should be fairly cheap. If the poor were renters, it's their landlords that get hosed... and they now have some amount of cash to allow them to start over. I'd guess that some areas will be converted to higher-value residencies, and some will be set up as more affordable housing.
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