Public segregation

[Loosehead]

Do you think the neighbourhood search sites will result in public segregation? What would be the consequences if it did?

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13414413,00.html

[pedant]

I think that most net savvy people in the UK are already using such sites, e.g. UpMyStreet. The idea that presenting data, already in the public domain, in a more easily digestible form, is in some way doing a disservice to communities is laughable. Equally the principal that house buyers will immutably diffuse to more desirable areas shows a scant understanding of supply and demand. Sounds more like a puff piece of PR for the charity than a sound piece of research.

[woofgang]

But we did that before the internet, looked to see what the neighbours were like, what the area was like, went back at different times of day, asked about schools, checked out the local shops, visited the pubs. Its easier now and faster but no real change. Would have thought better than this of Joseph Rowntree!!

[londondave]

before the internet when I was renting I always asked in a couple of local cab offices what an area was like.

[Trillipse]

"...principal that house buyers will immutably diffuse..."

excuse me?

or am i just being a pedant?