ItIsSoOver posted...
They could always commute rather than live in an area where the cost of living is so far out of their means, ya know?
Or they can live across the street from a restaurant where the average meal price is half their monthly salary and every other amenity is out of their price range.
Or... Because the area houses both groups, they also serve both groups. There shouldn't be places where the cheapest shopping is wholefoods, and there shouldn't be shitholes where Costco is a tourist attraction.
The existance of poor people does not have to mean the place is neglected, and the existance of rich people shouldn't make a place completely monoculture. Most of the world is in the middle and most of the world should reflect that.