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Old 04-25-2013, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
The history of "blockbusting" by the real estate industry is another facet to this type of story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting
Yep. Who among us doesn't remember the "white flight" of the 1950s through the 1970s? Racism, used to manipulate frightened, stupid sheeple into abandoning their neighborhoods.......To serve what purpose? Greed, of course.

Nice, isn't it?

Dave
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