Talk:Blockbusting

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[edit] Crime?

This is categorized as a crime. Can someone expand the article about that? CoolGuy 14:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Basically blockbusting relates to crime in that it exploited people's fear of crime, and probably as it drove middle-class people of all races out of communities, it caused crime to rise. I'll update the article the next time I'm at the library, the reference I want to cite is in a journal I don't have access to from here. Anyway, I'm not sure if the connection is strong enough to list it in the crime category, but it's definently something that should be expanded in the article. --W.marsh 14:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I think this has more to do with humor than crime. I didn't know of the phenomenon before reading this article, and I find it absolutely hilarious. One man's temporary solution is another's source of profit.. But if there are real solutions to the problem, they would be interesting to link to. Coffee2theorems 23:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)