Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I don't think we should ignore communities just because of their crime rate. The crime rate in most places has been going down significantly, particularly if you factor out crimes between people that know each other or have some sort of conflict. As someone said above the cost of this is tiny in comparison to a similar road improvement. Even if this project only benefits pedestrians and locals it is probably worth it.
Are you going to ride your bike through one of the roughest neighborhoods in the country? Honestly, would you? Ok, neither would anyone else. So, why build a bike path there?
Just so you know, the do gooders have poured well over a billion dollars into trying to revitalize Camden. All money down a rat hole. Putting a match to that money would have done more good. Not an inch of improvement. And that's because it ain't a money problem.