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this neighborhood over time? it becomes crowded, the housing stock declines, the neighborhood becomes underserviced. it becomes dirty and it is blacker and blacker and blacker. the census tracks in north central brooklyn, 98, 99, 100% black. so, in peoples minds, well, what created these social problems? the people. the people. not the policy. because how many people read like holc maps? not many. the federal housing authority and the veterans administration, underwriting loans to vets...

what created these social problems? the people. the people. not the policy. because how many people read like holc maps? not many. the federal housing authority and the veterans administration, underwriting loans to vets to move where? to suburbs. to these burgeoning newly developed suburban tract housing units on the outskirts of cities. that are facilitated by highway construction, light rail construction, et cetera. but a lot of those suburbs are racially exclusive, by design. so yo...