Bayer started as a subsidiary of the German company IG Farben, which made Zyklon B, the chemical used in extermination camps during the Holocaust.
On Bayer's own website, they brag that rise of the Nazis and beginning of WWII led to "huge" economic benefits for the company.
@BadGourmet1@Theoldp 1. it was a problem, the city was just segregated by design and quality of life was measured by those who created the "lakewoodification" zoning.
2. of course the problem is now exasperated because our population is bigger and industrial jobs are long gone