Comments on: Crime maps by Christmas http://puffbox.com/2008/07/28/crime-maps-by-christmas/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Fri, 11 May 2012 16:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2008/07/28/crime-maps-by-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Simon Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:41:08 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=256#comment-501 But on the other hand... if I'm about to buy a house in a high crime area, shouldn't I be entitled to know the facts beforehand? The house prices argument is basically about your right to hoodwink an ignorant buyer: 'If they knew how bad crime was locally, they'd never pay that price.' And I just don't see that as 'fair play'. But on the other hand... if I'm about to buy a house in a high crime area, shouldn't I be entitled to know the facts beforehand?

The house prices argument is basically about your right to hoodwink an ignorant buyer: 'If they knew how bad crime was locally, they'd never pay that price.' And I just don't see that as 'fair play'.

]]> By: John R http://puffbox.com/2008/07/28/crime-maps-by-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-500 John R Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:53:39 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=256#comment-500 Absolutely guaranteed to cause house prices in higher crime areas to plummet. Absolutely guaranteed to cause house prices in higher crime areas to plummet.

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