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U PPL MAKE ME SICK! UR LIKE PARASITES! ALL U WANT IS OUR MONEY AND LAND! U ARE THE SCUM SUCKIN PPL THAT COME HEAR AND BITCH AND MOAN ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD U LIVE, BUT THATS FINE UR JOB PAYS U WELL ENOUGH SO U CAN MOVE "SOMEWHERE BETTER". I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH EAST DC. THIS IS MY HOME, MY BACKYARD. NOT ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY CAN JUST UP AND MOVE LIKE U BLOODSUCKIN BUREAUCRATS! NOT NOT EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES POORLY HAS A POOR BEHAVIOR. GO BACK WHERE U COME FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A documentary about gentrification called "Chocolate City." I'm glad the title lets me know how backwards the thinking is in this "production," so I won't be watching it.
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All you ever hear African Americans in DC say about DC is how much of a shithole it is; not having a vote, but when someone does put money into the neighborhood they're accused of gentrification. How do you improve a neighborhood without tearing down delapidated buildings that had been there for decades? In DC black politicians are in charge, so who does the black community have to thank? Oh yeah, they re-elect crackheads for their mayor and wonder why their city looks like it does.
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@thefairfaxian What are you talking about "being treated"? The only thing that's happening is rent's are going up, you do know that effects everybody regardless of race right? It's not like there is a white discount.
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@limeginger A lot of the "white" people moving into NE DC now are people of my generation who grew up in Montgomery and north PG, which is very racially diverse. The ones really living in racial isolation have been the people who live in the city.
Some people need to be "displaced" out of the city because they are just bums. I want to live downtown real estate with all the public transportation and amenities. I WORK to be able to afford that, if they can't do the same then fuck em.
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@MaxMosley77 too bad the law abiding blacks are being treated the same as the ghetto blacks who ran down the neighborhoods by all of the non-blacks.
That's my #1 problem with gentrification in DC!
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actually, i think you hit the nail on the head. if it's the word "contribution" that's leaving feeling a little confused, maybe i can shed some light for you. if you like, we can substitute the word "contribution" with "gainful employment" and "regular tax payment". these are the contributions and the merit is real estate.
is there anything else i can hold your hand through?
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hi johnbourbon...what does "non-contributing class" mean? do people get to hold title to real estate based on what you consider levels or degrees of "contribution"? Some kind of merit-based system where people are entitled to keep their real estate based on "contributions." That's a fascinating concept and I'd honestly love to hear more.
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re: respecting who's there now...
why should a non-contributing class be entitled to glom onto real estate that they don't own, in perpetuity, for all eternity?
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After the 1968 riots... there were hundreds of abandoned buildings left either boarded up or housing squaters/crackheads for DECADES. The people you want out of DC bought these properties, cleaned them and actracted law abiding citizens. Youre making up this false scenario where these old rich Republicans are buying blocks and kicking black folks out. Its not just white folks who left DC in the past.. Law abiding black folks did as well. And guess what, theyre moving back as we speak.
MaxMosley77 3 years ago 5
As a long time Southeast DC resident, not native, I too have seen the face of my neighborhood change. I personally don't have an issue with it. My neighborhood is MUCH safer than it was when I moved here 10 years ago. There was a time when I looked out my window and saw thugs and the police patroling as if it were a police state. Yes, my rent and now property taxes are way high, but I get alot more in return now. I can actually walk from the metro to home and not worry about getting robbed.
billdc31 1 year ago 4