[lbo-talk] Kansas, the red state (wasThe STFU left)

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue May 24 11:54:43 PDT 2005


jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:

The developers PRIMARILY moved where taxes were
> lowest, whites fled the city to those places and then built the schools
> that were coveted by even more whites. The Shawnee Mission story
> explains local pop. growth pretty well in Johnson Co. but not Johnson
> Co. vs. Platte Co.

Property taxes were indeed an important dynamic in the development of Kansas City's suburbs, but racism was and is the primary factor.

Chuck0



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