Lower-income housing projects under way in Mesa

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• rockinroller posted at 5:58 pm on Sun, Dec 9, 2012.

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  That area in general is blighted far beyond many areas in Mesa. ANYTHING to improve that area through new construction has to be welcomed. And for those of you who think you are safely distanced from blight in this town, think again: It's coming to a neighborhood near you.

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• DrJCA1 posted at 9:29 am on Sat, Dec 8, 2012.

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  Lefty: I hate to tell you, but you are the one very misinformed. Housing projects for the welfare crowd NEVER improves anything for anyone. Within a decade they are just as trashed as the buildings they replaced and the crime problems continue to go up. I've was involved in public health in four cities (NY, Baltimore, Dayton, & Cincinnati) and my comments are from 30 years of personal experience, not doo-doo read on the internet. Here in cincinnait the projects cause about 75% - 80% of all violent crime in the city. The new projects they built in NY & Baltimore were destroyed by the low-lifes within ten years. Yea, projects for welfare scum is just what we need to blow money on. As a flaming liberal, why don't you send them more tax money for this "great" cause?

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• k33j88 posted at 5:33 am on Sat, Dec 8, 2012.

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  Couldn't agree with you more, Jugger. The road to HELL is paved with "good intentions". Maybe if these projects were for homeless veterans, I'd be the first one to offer help and assistance. Half a million federal dollars? It's a recipe for a disaster whenever federal revenue is involved. During my lifetime I've seen the outcomes of these projects, chronic mediocracy, gang activity, soaring crime rates, despair and destitution, Nothing good ever comes out of these areas except more democratic (socialist) voters, encouraging more of the same vicious cycle of dependency.

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• loose stool posted at 5:16 am on Sat, Dec 8, 2012.

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  I thought Mesa was one big low income housing project.

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• leftystillfree posted at 4:51 pm on Fri, Dec 7, 2012.

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  neither of you morons have a clue of what you are talking out of your a$$es about. these properties are already in poor neighborhood's and will actually be an improvement to the area's involved. these agencies do tremendous work helping people break their cycles of homelessness, unemployment and abuse and do more positive work in 1 day than either of you idiots do in a year. If either of you can read, these agencies have been active in the community for over 20 years so it's nothing new. I know it's easier for you to anonymously spew your hate rhetoric b.s. and hide on the web rather than actually becoming proactive and part of the solution, but at least you know how your taxes (if you actually pay any) are spent.

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• az2008 posted at 4:19 pm on Fri, Dec 7, 2012.

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  Doesn't Mesa have enough of this already?

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• Juggernaut8000 posted at 3:41 pm on Fri, Dec 7, 2012.

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  This will be a haven for welfare receipients and criminals. I'm just glad it is far away from where I reside because the value of the adjacent houses will be devastated.

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