"Cyli" wrote in message
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Seeing that I live in that area, I'd say that in Minneapolis, as to
what shows up in the newspaper, it's predicated on what the pols think
will gain votes, what they think the graft will be, and what the chief
of police puts his foot down on. St. Paul is more quiet and hidden,
so not much makes the papers. The council and upper levels of
bureaucracy are at least as corrupt, but they've mostly been there
long enough to keep it all under the rug.

There a book entitled "Clearing the Way." It's not a fun read, but it ia
very informative. It's a case study about the 1992 lawsuit filed against
Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, HUD, the Met Council and several other
defendants. Mostly it's about deconcentrating concentrated areas of
impoverished citizens, the demolishion of there homes and their subsequent
involuntary relocation.

I laughed, I cried, I puked.

Don't trust much in the way of stats and figures and public statements
from either city, even though you'll have to use them for your paper.

Thankfully, this stuff is all qualitative in nature! No math or stats at
all.

Op

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