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Wonder Why

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2. So what's new about that? We always displace the or put facilities near the poor because

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:30 AM

21 hrs ago

they have little political pressure.

they often are renters and the owners want the bigger money offered.

their property is often run down because of poverty so the rest of us can agree it's Urban Renewal or some such excuse.

they are "in the way" of development ala Native Americans.

its "Manifest Destiny" all over again.

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