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I have a friend in CA that purchased a nice house in a nice neighborhood (not cheap). During the housing downturn some of the houses were rented out to section 8. She didn’t know section 8 would pay that much for housing, but I guess it’s only “fair”, why shouldn’t druggies on welfare be able to live in good neighborhoods, why should she think because her and her husband worked long hours that they should be the only kind in that neighborhood? Oh, and they were conned into paying double prop tax for good schools that were never built.

I moved out a neighborhood awhile back that was once a nice area.

The county was starting to close a ghetto housing complex located about 15 miles from my neighborhood, and started to move the same Section 8ers to apartment complexes located about 1 mile from my subdivision.

Within about one year, things started to change.....for the worse. Our nice local supermarket was frequented mostly by Food Stampers and welfare leeches. There were several parks located near by, and they became crime havens. There was a basketball court in one adjacent subdivision that the homeowners paid for. That basketball court would have 20-30 "urban" yutes on it every night. No one who lived in that subdivision would go near it.

The police blotter on the local papers stopped publishing the worst of what was going on, or masking the facts. I had a friend who is a local cop, and he gave me the inside info of the real crime going on.

Then, the Section 8ers became more blatant - and cars were broken into at night. Lots of them. Then we had a couple of home invasions.

I moved out years ago, and we drove through that town not too long ago. It is AMAZING to see how fast it has gone downhill.

By the way, good luck trying to get the state or local agent to tell you where the Section 8ers are. It seems to be a more closely guarded secret than the Manhattan project.

Oh, and they were conned into paying double prop tax for good schools that were never built.

Sorry, I can't feel sad for them on that one. On their scummy neighbors - yes. I have some friends (conservative on most things) that vote for tax increases when it is for 'schools'. They don't realize that even when we pay more for schools and teachers - that doesn't equate to a better education. Just a high pension for the liberal teachers. Schools are all about liberal indoctrination these days, never about educating. In fact, some of the lower paying states - like Texas - do much better in education than higher paying states. I believe the higher pay and pension keeps in the teachers that are lousy at it.