We have a FReeper from Ferguson who said that Section 8 was the destruction of what had formerly been a nice town.
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Within 4-6 weeks, the place went from adequate - not fancy, but safe and clean - to near slum conditions. Windows broken out, trash everywhere, cars vandalized, doors kicked in. The area for mailboxes was destroyed when someone drove a car through it.
I'm sure that drugs were there before - I'm not that naïve - but it went from kids smoking pot behind closed doors to people dealing and fighting in the parking lot.
I couldn't get moved fast enough. It was almost like I got up and went to work one morning and everything was fine, and I came home to a war zone - that's what it felt like.
Government ruins everything that it touches.