• FlintstoneSpiceLatte [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY!? ARE THEY NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE PLACE THAT THEY LIVE IN!?!

    Suburbs are so unpleasant, so boring to live in that the main problem with cities is that they are too popular to live in. Yeah, I'm a suburbanite, but I assure you that it is NOT by choice. The SECOND I get a decent paying job my ass is headed to the city where I can mostly bike or walk, and I have actual things to do.

    • walletbaby [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The schools in cities are a disaster zone tho

      If you got kids you gotta be in the suburbs for the schools

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        They vary heavily by district. Houston's River Oaks school districts are immaculate. Third Ward, not so much.

        Take a wild guess what the property sells for in each respectively.

        • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          and to the extent it might be true it's true because of racism, neoliberalism, and christofascist undermining of schools

        • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          It is true. School quality correlates strongly with property values. Often because property taxes are how they’re financed.

          Another person said it was because of racism, classism, capitalism etc and they’re right.

          Of course, that’s the vile part. Every parent with the means to improve their child’s schooling will choose the better schools over the more centralized and diverse neighborhoods.

          We live in a self perpetuating system.