Zoning laws historically protected affluent shoppers from contact with workers
Evidence
Given the eloquence of the Association’s plea, it is not surprising that the desired building-occupancy restrictions became law, thus protecting the inalienable right of the well-to-do to spend their money with- . out having to rub shoulders with the “dangerous classes.” — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 414
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Connects to this chapter’s central theme and to my reading of Simmel: the blasé attitude and class-based city segregation are mutually reinforcing cognitive and spatial defenses.