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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
This is a good example of why it's good to give developers incentives to include affordable housing units in new developments. It gives people with low incomes a decent place to live without creating an entire neighborhood of low-income housing. That keeps people of all income levels living in the same area (no segregation) and it also gives the police "emotional" incentive (or lack of excuse otherwise) to patrol the neighborhood properly, and people on the higher floors paying higher rent will call the police any time they see a drug deal or whatever crime going on, which helps keep the area nice for the majority of low-income people who aren't committing crimes. It's a win-win.
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In theory it seems like it would work. However, the officers in that area and on those shifts are extremely short staffed and are too busy with other higher priority calls to deal with drug deals and prostitution. That is why it thrives in that area. The same officers that work Burton and Woodland also answer calls on S Congress, Montopolis, and in Del Valle. The drug calls normally hold for an hour or just get general broadcasted. It is a large spread out area with very few officers. After 1am, Between S. Congress, Ben White, Town Lake, and Del Valle, it is normal for there to only be six to eight officers patrolling and answer calls for service in that sector. All of East and Southeast Austin are extremely short staffed.
But the views from that area are amazing, it is extremely centrally located, and it is a short trip to the airport. The E. Riverside Dr. area is bound to explode with development.