CMV: So called "redlining" is an entirely rational practice and should not be illegal.

So called "redlining", or the practice of renting or selling selectively is not only an entirely rational practice, but failure to do so would be a betrayal to your neighbors.

1. Almost universally diversity (code word for fewer whites) lowers an areas property value. If you own an apartment building and you rent to blacks or Mexicans you are shooting yourself in the foot. You will be able to ask less and less rent as you get more and more blacks/Mexicans. If you sell to a black or Mexican family you are screwing your neighbors and their property values.

2. The more blacks a neighborhood has the more crime it has. If you are renting units the last thing you want is more crime in your building or surrounding neighborhood, especially if you live there.

3. The more blacks a school has the worse that school becomes, again this is almost universal. If you are looking to rent out units being able to say nice schools are nearby is a major selling point.

Passing laws that require people to devalue the property they own or that of their neighbors, increase the crime in their neighborhood, and degrade the quality of their local schools is entirely unamerican and victimizes those who live in these neighborhoods.

CMV.

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