The economic benefit of gay communities:
Shihe Fu estimates that a rise of one percentage point in the proportion of same-sex couples living in an area raises median house prices by 9 per cent even 10 years later, controlling for some obvious other things.
This suggests that gays improve neighborhoods; they don't just choose to live in nicer places.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/03/gays-and-housing-prices/218778/
