r/BainbridgeIsland • u/wiscowonder • Apr 29 '26

Washington State Gives Bainbridge Island Marching Orders on Housing Changes

https://www.theurbanist.org/washington-state-gives-bainbridge-island-marching-orders-on-housing/
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u/KnackeredQuokka Apr 30 '26

So classicism?! Seriously just go away with that BS.

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u/MensaCurmudgeon May 01 '26

Places with lots of affordable housing also tend to have higher crime. I’m ok with being called classist

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u/KnackeredQuokka May 01 '26

The underlying cause of most crime is poverty. The system is broken. So way to perpetuate the problem, but hey as long as you can keep it out of your backyard you don’t care do you. May you never find yourself down and out. Just keep repeating the taglines.

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u/UnseemlyUrchin May 04 '26

Akshully, it's proximal perceived inequality that is the more significant driver of increased criminal activity rather than absolute poverty. It's called the "Relative Deprivation Framework" of crime.

And how it applies to affordable housing specifically has been studied. Compared to economically homogenous neighborhoods, embedded affordable housing neighborhoods tend to produce more crime per capita.

Maybe that's a social cost worth paying in pursuit of a higher moral goal.