Agree. I don't care where you were born, how long you have lived here. If you want to invest (and I don't mean money) in my neighborhood...join me. If you want to sit back and bitch and complain, get out of the way. |
Tough shit |
LOL, I'm glad the upper-middle class white male has identified himself in this thread. Nope, there couldn't possibly be a downside to gentrification to any person! It's all positive! Yaaaaay, and you get a jumbo mortgage, and you get one too, and here - you can also have a jumbo mortgage! JUMBOs 4 EVERYONE!!!!! |
![]() Do you remember Sommers? |
If gentrification means no random drive-bys, no open drug dealing, and very little petty crime then I am all for it.
Just because we live in an urban city, doesn't mean we should just shrug our shoulders when crime happens. I lived in London in the mid-80's (a much larger city than this one) and I never felt unsafe there, even in crappy neighborhoods (areas that are now gentrified like Hoxton or Kilburn). |
+1! & I am a native, and so are my mother and grandmother. What do all three of us have in common? Marrying people from somewhere else. Were my father and grandfather gentrifiers too? |
"Gentrification" describes urban renewal that involves an influx of middle and upper middle class people that displaces lower middle class and low income people. Whether it's a positive thing often depends on your perspective. Early adopter gentrifiers often reap the benefits of cheap housing costs, but they have to also live with the negative aspects of living in area with a lot of poverty (crime, few amenities, etc.). When businesses start moving in, housing prices go up, making it difficult for low income people (some of whom have lived in the neighborhood for generations, who may own their homes, etc.) to continue to afford to live there. Sometimes the money being thrown at low income home owners by developers is just too good to pass up. Having amenities and lower crime is not a bad thing, in and of itself. When those things come at the cost of forcing out all the people that used to live in an area, many people do not think it's a good thing. |
Thats the problem...people who move here have no clue about the history of DC...its beyond annoying. They think they are "saving" the city. Yes 14th street looks "better" than it did a decade ago but my goodness how about some uniqueness. City Center should be called "City Bland". All that prime space wasted on what exactly? |
![]() . ![]() . ![]() . ![]() Do you remember Murrell's? Electromax? Saxitone? The Wiz? |
LMAO!!!!! |
1) Dear racist b*tch, why do you infer I'm white? (Nope, fyi) 2) Yep, upper-middle class now, thanks to hard and smart work since immigrating into the US. I assume you had the luxury of learning English since birth, and also benefited from the infrastructure of one of the richest countries in the world, yet still see yourself as a loser...Sorry, my friend, that has much more to do with yourself than with gentrification 3) Something can be CLEARLY POSITIVE as a whole yet have negative consequences to some people. Think taxes, a new road, charter schools, cars, the Internet, an Irish pub...learn how to think...or, well, thank God you'll be gentrified out of DC. |
Stop exaggerating again. |
But DC crime is high...especially if your comparing it to the last couple of years. So we now have bland atmosphere and a lot of crime |
Did you go off your meds today? |
Gentrifiers are full of shit. They think they know more about DC than people who have lived in DC for generations. GTFO here. "Saving" the city????? Starbucks? Whole Foods? Potbelly? Panera? Cupcakes? Dog parks? Bike lanes? Yoga? LOL BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |