The only blight here is the unregulated surveillance state.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/66224507

Since April, over 21,000 properties across Dallas, Texas, have been photographed by these cameras and assigned a “blight score”—essentially an official tidiness grade—according to a Wednesday report from the city’s local NBC affiliate. The zip codes with the highest number of civic code violations flagged by the cameras, according to the report, were concentrated in the city’s lower-income southern quadrant. Around 1,800 “courtesy notices” have already been issued by the municipal government to the owners of lower-scoring properties: a warning to clean up their act or start paying fees.