Can Dallas afford the price tag of progress? It doesn’t have another choice | Opinion
, Dallas is dotted with 62 “infrastructure deserts,” areas that lack sidewalks, crosswalks, public transportation access or even connections to the city’s water and wastewater systems. After reviewing nearly 800 neighborhoods based on the quality of infrastructure, the researchers concluded that low-income communities, many in southern Dallas, are up to four times more likely to have highly deficient infrastructure than their high-income counterparts in other parts of the city.
It is unacceptable that poverty, crime, educational opportunities, health and family income and wealth can be mapped by ZIP codes and race. Roughly 45% of the city’s residents live in southern Dallas neighborhoods that make up only 15% of the city’s tax base, a disparity that hurts all of the city. No single city budget or bond program will instantly undo these disparities, many of which have been pointed out in countless reports over decades. Progress, however, hasn’t always been strategic, efficient or ample enough to uplift neglected neighborhoods to a level that they can better contribute to and share more fully in Dallas’ future.
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