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Originally Posted by Robertpuant
That stretch of town is a good place to find a prostitute and/or crack cocaine. I'm all for the preservation of the red-light but for the average tourist, it can be scary.
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NEVER assume that the only way to get rid of a use is to tear down the buildings. That's lazy policy at its worst. Also, if this area is made unfriendly to prostitutes and crack dealers, they're not just going to evaporate, so where are they going to move to next? Never underestimate the danger of unintended consequences.
Also, look at it another way:
All areas of all cities have an ebb and flow over the centuries of uses, and some may be awesome, and others during downturns of an area may be unsavory. Obviously the builders of those buildings did so not to create a crack and prostitute highstreet, at one time this was an area that was desired. In time it will be again. But by tearing down these buildings now, 120 years into their existence, robs the 'high points' of the neighbourhood's life over the next 100, 500, maybe 1000 years of these historic treasures, just to get rid of a problem that has existed how long?