[quote name='Hibiwa']Well what experience do you have in regards to living next to a casino? I don't have an answer because I don't know. It can't be worse than the druggies skulking around the city parks and homes. Mind you, I don't live in the ghetto, but the unsavory are still visible. No diff to me then.[/QUOTE]
I'm fully aware of the negative effects, both socially and economically, of having a casino in a community. Saying that it's be no different from the present level of the visibility of drug addicts is mind-numbingly naive. There are always marked increases in alcoholism, domestic violence, drug addiction, prostitution, theft, and overall violence. There have been enough studies done that this should be common knowledge and easily avaliable for the remotely curious. Why should I need to know first hand what it's like to live next to a casino when there's literally mountains of data that support my position? Would I have to grow up next to the Combat Zone to know how bad it would be for a community in order to speak out against it? Stop being obtuse.
For the record, I Did grow up next to the Combat Zone.
edit: Either way, I'm done with casino-talk derail.