Hang in there you staunch Republicans! Soon enough you will have every piece of property both retail and residential so high-priced that no one below a $75,000 yearly income can afford to live there or open a business there. After more of the undesirables move out, you can continue remodeling and selling the foreclosed or abandon or condemned properties for 4 times what they are worth. Since mortgage companies are tightening their belts too, the few that can afford to pay on time won't possibly qualify for a re-finance to continue living there once their city taxes soar through the roof. It's only a matter of time!