http://gislounge.com/online-crime-mapping-bad-for-housing-values/ Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gislounge.com/online-crime-mapping-bad-for-housing-values/#comment-385 Jim Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:48 +0000 http://gislounge.com/?p=2242#comment-385 Perhaps neighborhoods which are disproportionately impacted are disproportionately highly valued to begin with. I understand that there is a backlash (and at times irrational because we are human after all), but the same could be said for any kind of market. If the backlash is a result of a bubble, then it is a market correction. Those affected will unfortunately have to live with both the inevitable onset of technology, as well as the criminals in their neighborhood. Perhaps neighborhoods which are disproportionately impacted are disproportionately highly valued to begin with. I understand that there is a backlash (and at times irrational because we are human after all), but the same could be said for any kind of market. If the backlash is a result of a bubble, then it is a market correction. Those affected will unfortunately have to live with both the inevitable onset of technology, as well as the criminals in their neighborhood.

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