tbh in this suburb the opposite scenario actually happened. it still descended into crime and poverty, but for different reasons. mainly inept governance at the state level that doesnt care about the rest of the state outside of its liberal voter base.
all the parents ended up turning to drugs and despair, which their kids stole while i was in high school (mainly opiates) when all the industry closed around them taking their jobs and livelihoods. which never came back as taxes rose and rose -- but never were used on our own communities.
the people who received the HUD ended up being the people who already owned homes here and used it to pay off their existing mortgages, or already rented here, but it still became a crime infested cesspit for the sole reason of lack of employment.
a few very liberal jobs came in, with requirements that nobody here had. and you had some people move in that were ultra liberal but the rich bastard kind that know what they're up to.
at this point the town basically practiced protectionism to protect existing town businesses that still existed and kept taxes and everything as low as possible in spite of it. but people still either left, or got trapped in the cycle of despair.
plenty of skilled tradesmen ended up having to make a go of it like a gig economy over the summer when there is work, and for many it just doesnt work.
needless to say im gonna leave too. nothing here anymore.
but the point is it can go south in more ways than just one. here it wasnt that policy itself, but the OTHER liberal policies which murdered us. previously nobody here wouldve possibly needed it.
but any proposal which benefits anything that is not the city immediately gets shut down and our voices dont matter. and even for those few liberal city jobs, even if you wanted to commute and have skills, since its so competitive to get them, entry level stuff people do while in college as a first job or with no credentials at all often require insane shit that you could leave the state and get paid 4x as much with the same credentials you already have.
tbh in this suburb the opposite scenario actually happened. it still descended into crime and poverty, but for different reasons. mainly inept governance at the state level that doesnt care about the rest of the state outside of its liberal voter base.
all the parents ended up turning to drugs and despair, which their kids stole while i was in high school (mainly opiates) when all the industry closed around them taking their jobs and livelihoods. which never came back as taxes rose and rose -- but never were used on our own communities.
the people who received the HUD ended up being the people who already owned homes here and used it to pay off their existing mortgages, or already rented here, but it still became a crime infested cesspit for the sole reason of lack of employment.
a few very liberal jobs came in, with requirements that nobody here had. and you had some people move in that were ultra liberal but the rich bastard kind that know what they're up to.
at this point the town basically practiced protectionism to protect existing town businesses that still existed and kept taxes and everything as low as possible in spite of it. but people still either left, or got trapped in the cycle of despair.
plenty of skilled tradesmen ended up having to make a go of it like a gig economy over the summer when there is work, and for many it just doesnt work.
needless to say im gonna leave too. nothing here anymore.
but the point is it can go south in more ways than just one. here it wasnt that policy itself, but the OTHER liberal policies which murdered us. previously nobody here wouldve possibly needed it.
but any proposal which benefits anything that is not the city immediately gets shut down and our voices dont matter. and even for those few liberal city jobs, even if you wanted to commute and have skills, since its so competitive to get them, entry level stuff people do while in college as a first job or with no credentials at all often require insane shit that you could leave the state and get paid 4x as much with the same credentials you already have.
its literally nuts.