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mistersmiley318 t1_j5kk8gs wrote

Reply to comment by LeoMarius in Streets on Columbia robbed, manager hurt this afternoon by NPRjunkieDC

That's a rather charitable way of describing white flight and systemic disinvestment.

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LeoMarius t1_j5ko0k8 wrote

Because the city turned toxic. Don't blame people for institutional problems.

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mistersmiley318 t1_j5kq8pc wrote

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/discriminatory-housing-practices-in-the-district-a-brief-history/

I highly encourage you to read this. "The city turning toxic" is not the reason white residents left. Massive subsidies for suburban and segregated development (GI Bill, urban freeways, racial covenants) and resistance to desegregation in schools were the primary factors white residents left. The pattern of large sections of the tax base fleeing to the suburbs repeated itself all over which is why most American cities were faced with crippling budget shortfalls and racially motivated disinvestment in the 70s and 80s.

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