Let's see. When druggies and assorted undesirables are effectively banished from the burbs by a combination of housing pricing, lack of public transportation, and policing - that goes mostly unnoticed. However, when the said druggies and undesirables are banished from housing projects designed for the poor - the liberals cry foul and raise stink.
So why is it that suburbanites can enjoy a bum-free environment, while residents of public housing projects have to accept the persistent presence of junkies and bums in their neighborhood?
PS. A picture from an exibition: here in B'more in the middle of a drug- and gang-infested area just north of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a resident persistently plants flowers in a sidewalk tree well (the tree itself has long be removed). I say "persistently" beacuse each time this little "garden" is vandalized by junkies and gangstas that hang out there, the anonymous gardener re-stores it again. Some time ago, a makeshift chainlink fence appeared around the "garden" to inhibit vandalism, but then was torn down, I suspect, by the city. Apparently, peaceful and aesthetically pleasing neighborhood is a privilege that goes only with suburban life styles and housing prices.
wojtek