HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HEALTHY LIVING GAPS ONCE IDENTIFIED BY ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE PROVEN THROUGH FINE-GRADE DATA
“The output of the data showed suburban development doesn’t pay – it’s a potential revenue looser,” Tim Corcoran, city of South Bend, said.
“Our urban areas were generating tremendously more value than suburban areas.
“Redlining
devalued some urban areas, but the numbers prove that even some of our poorer
neighborhoods were generating more value per acre than some of the wealthy
areas.”
Corcoran said too many cities believe sprawled growth will help rather than deplete their budgets.
Cities create inequity by
spending less on core areas viewed as decaying or too poor to spur investment.
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