tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356197772493765397.post1541182420586183163..comments2023-06-14T07:02:58.527-05:00Comments on The St. Lou Jew: Irresponsible GoverningY?http://www.blogger.com/profile/11649272113923397688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356197772493765397.post-89015312770799307052009-02-05T09:47:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:47:00.000-06:00Cultural diversity is only one form of diversity. ...Cultural diversity is only one form of diversity. I'm glad your building has such a rainbow of inhabitants but if they are all professionals of some sort - it isn't really a diversity of experience. <BR/><BR/>As for financial irresponsibility, have you talked to any of the people who live in these subsidized units? DO you know what their background is? What they do with their lives? And for the record, I live on 27K a year (before taxes) and my rent is more then what you quoted in the article and I do just fine. So before you blame our failing economy on the financial irresponsibility of the poor, think about what is gained from your non-traditional neighbors rather then what you presume to be lost.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028433831325542736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356197772493765397.post-39917410076433979272009-02-04T09:16:00.000-06:002009-02-04T09:16:00.000-06:00Downtown is more diverse now than it was 7 years a...Downtown is more diverse now than it was 7 years ago when the city started the revitalization project. The woman in the unit on my right is Greek, the couple to my left African American. The building manager's boyfriend, whom she lives with down the hall, is Persian. The woman across the hall is African American. And none of these people pay low income rent because low income rent isn't available at my building. My sixth floor, as a microcosim, is at least as diverse as any neighborhood in the city.<BR/><BR/>But diversity aside, the point of the article is that the city is teaching financial irresponsibility to achieve its goal of enticing inhabitants to downtown. This is neither a sustainable solution nor the right thing to do. Our economy is in the tank because people were spending more than they had. How is this not the same thing?Sleep Now In The Firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15071778677226301293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356197772493765397.post-23656491691702915132009-02-04T07:55:00.000-06:002009-02-04T07:55:00.000-06:00The holy grail of urban living is integration, div...The holy grail of urban living is integration, diversity, and mixed neighborhoods. Without creating opportunity for a variety of socio-economic status in an area I believe the term is not revitalization but gentrification. The classic, "oh look, I'm rich and I want to take over this area driving out all the people who currently live and work here until I get bored and move on leaving behind a mess."<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying downtown St. Louis has achieved true urban paradise, but they get an A for effort. Don't blame the theory, just work to make it plausible.<BR/><BR/>Check out http://allaboutcities.ca/families-city-living-and-economic-diversity/<BR/><BR/>ps = Can the StLouJew write something about all the theatre going on in St. Louis right now? The Black Rep's "Tell Me Something Good" ends this weekend but the new Jewish Theatre has three more plays this semester and of course there is the Ovations series at WashU.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028433831325542736noreply@blogger.com