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In article <1992Dec14.030928.641@nugget.rmNUG.ORG> adam@bastille.rmnug.org writes:
>But there are still people who live and work here who are not rich and  
>cannot afford the cost of living in Boulder.   You can't ignore these  
>people because they perform a lot of important jobs - in a sense, adding  
>to the desirability of the city.  At some point the government HAS to step  
>in a level things out.

Exactly what could they do? I hope you aren't suggesting measures such
as rent controls: Having experienced such laws in Berkeley, I can
safely call them a failure. The result there has been far fewer
apartments for rent (since landlords sell out and more elsewhere
where they aren't losing money) and the remaining apartments in
vey poor condition (since the landlords can't recover maintaince
costs from rent.) 
  
>...If you ignore these problems, they don't go away,  
>you just have to pay more to fix them later - witness the current crises  
>in Somalia...

Caused by a civil war between different "governments", each trying
to gain control of the entire nation.

>...inner-city Los Angles, etc.

Cause by police brutality, an action by government agents...

From these examples, I'm not sure the government "doing something"
is such a good idea. Perhaps if we lived in a perfect world, and
the government only did the _right_ things; but we don't
live in such a world.

                                                   Frank Crary
                                                   CU Boulder