Opinion: Resident disgusted with new luxury cars in New Bedford public housing

Here’s a note sent to us from a fan fed up at seeing brand new high-end cars in public housing:

“I would like to express my disgust with what a lot of people see including myself every day. It’s a taboo subject that people rarely speak about openly… but we know it exists.

Why is it that when you walk through the projects you see brand new cars? Not just a cheap new car, I’m talking BMW’s, Lexus and Mini Coopers.

Isn’t public housing for people who couldn’t afford these things? Can someone please answer this question were all wondering?

It’s very disrespectful to display your riches so openly while people are literally on the streets. The payment on that brand new BMW is enough to pay the rent for a homeless family.

Does nobody that lives in the projects care? It’s pretty obvious just at a gander.

How can these people sleep at night knowing that someone is hurting while you reap the benefits that the state provides? How is this fair?

Can someone please explain how this works? Because a whole lot of people are tired of seeing the people in the projects for so long…doing so well while the rest of us work hard and get very little and pay so much? Just a thought from a bystander with a soul.”