ABSTRACT
Ghettoization had stripped its once proud features, gutted the core of its physical infrastructure and housing stock, and undermined the social fabric that once bound neighbor to neighbor, business to community, and old to young. Rosedale's rapid ghettoization can be partially understood by viewing it in relationship to the real estate development taking place in the larger metropolitan area of which it is a part. Urban development in the part of Texas is not only regional in nature but reflects the emergence of the Sun Belt as a major growth area in the American economy. The rapid development of Arlington was facilitated by massive investments in a major amusement park and by the related construction and expansion of the stadium housing the Texas Rangers baseball franchise. Even the Dallas Cowboys left the city of Dallas for Texas Stadium, located in the suburban facilities of Irvine.
