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<blockquote data-quote="GTJason" data-source="post: 15048" data-attributes="member: 94"><p>It's not an easy problem to solve. You have impoverished areas where crime and drugs are high. No matter how much money is brought in and infrastructure is built, you are going to have trouble getting people to come until you get rid of the homeless guy that wants to show you his infected tooth and the like. GT/tech square/midtown has made this transformation in the last 10 years. When I was a freshman at GT there were bums on bicycles that they stole from GT students asking for change in broad daylight. I personally saw police officers physically remove these type of people from the campus and surrounding areas and guess what happened? Real estate in midtown skyrocketed. So what do you do with these people? I don't have the answer. Prison isn't the solution and govt funded social programs only add more fuel to the fire. I think the answer is investing in the youth and infrastructure that supports education but then that is a long term investment. All of this to say GT was/is in a better position to clean up their area than the Braves were. If Atlanta wasn't going to clean up the area and the Braves stand to profit from moving then they should move. That area will go to crap and for me the Marta ride from the airport to North Ave will get a little scarier (I live in DC now so that is the extent of my exposure to the city.) I say the city loses a lot more than the Braves, so it's on the city to make concessions and build up the area. Should have been done in the late 90s...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTJason, post: 15048, member: 94"] It's not an easy problem to solve. You have impoverished areas where crime and drugs are high. No matter how much money is brought in and infrastructure is built, you are going to have trouble getting people to come until you get rid of the homeless guy that wants to show you his infected tooth and the like. GT/tech square/midtown has made this transformation in the last 10 years. When I was a freshman at GT there were bums on bicycles that they stole from GT students asking for change in broad daylight. I personally saw police officers physically remove these type of people from the campus and surrounding areas and guess what happened? Real estate in midtown skyrocketed. So what do you do with these people? I don't have the answer. Prison isn't the solution and govt funded social programs only add more fuel to the fire. I think the answer is investing in the youth and infrastructure that supports education but then that is a long term investment. All of this to say GT was/is in a better position to clean up their area than the Braves were. If Atlanta wasn't going to clean up the area and the Braves stand to profit from moving then they should move. That area will go to crap and for me the Marta ride from the airport to North Ave will get a little scarier (I live in DC now so that is the extent of my exposure to the city.) I say the city loses a lot more than the Braves, so it's on the city to make concessions and build up the area. Should have been done in the late 90s... [/QUOTE]
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