If a dilapidated apartment complex fell in the woods...

DallasBlog.com | Trey Garrison:

“A developer wants to take its own property and do something less blighted with it (and yeah, horrors, make some money, that's what businesses do), and residents of these old run-down apartments are shocked to discover that a 12-month lease isn't a permanent claim. I don't mean to be insensitive, but am I the only who just doesn't give a rip?”

Ed Cognoski responds:

Trammell Crow could be proactive in working with the city and residents, but according to the City Council's lead negotiator, the developer has been "very, very vague" about their plans for the property. Hardly the kind of attitude likely to win support. They've been even less sensitive about the renters' concerns. The developer dismissingly says there is "more than enough affordable housing" in the surrounding area. One renter says "All the other apartments in this price range are in really bad neighborhoods."

Mr Garrison isn't the only one who doesn't "give a rip" about low income persons. About the squeeze put on renters when low income housing is torn down for upscale redevelopment. About what happens to other people in other neighborhoods in general. Insensitivity is a too common trait. But I hope Mr Garrison is prepared when others don't give a rip about the value Mr Garrison puts on property rights and free markets. Not caring is a two-way street.