foobar75
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Ah yes, the beauty of diversity and social engineering:
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As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about {i]loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.[/i]
Longtime homeowners complained that the new arrivals brought crime and other troubles. In 2006, violent crime in Antioch shot up about 19 percent from the year before, while property crime went down slightly.
"In some neighborhoods, it was complete madness," said longtime resident David Gilbert, a black retiree who organized the United Citizens of Better Neighborhoods watch group. "They were under siege."
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Some highlights:
As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about {i]loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.[/i]
Longtime homeowners complained that the new arrivals brought crime and other troubles. In 2006, violent crime in Antioch shot up about 19 percent from the year before, while property crime went down slightly.
"In some neighborhoods, it was complete madness," said longtime resident David Gilbert, a black retiree who organized the United Citizens of Better Neighborhoods watch group. "They were under siege."
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