What are you doing to play a part in preventing gentrification?

[Anonymous]

I installed a metal wire fence around my yard.

[Anonymous]

Idealistic, naive urbanists only think they don’t want gentrification until their kids are behind in math or they’re robbed of their new iphone.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

If they changed the sign from “Walmart” to “Bodega”, increased prices and added some cats to make everything even less hygienic then people would think it’s somehow scared urbanism.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

A small percentage of criminals ruin things for all poor and middle class people. They can't even buy basic necessities in peace after all day's hard work.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

A small percentage of criminals ruin things for all poor and middle class people. They can't even buy basic necessities in peace after all day's hard work.

Truer words have never been spoken.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

A small percentage of criminals ruin things for all poor and middle class people. They can't even buy basic necessities in peace after all day's hard work.

Unfortunately all the DC Council seems to care about is catering to that very small percentage. Yay violent criminals! Boo middle class people and those trying to improve their neighborhood!

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

A small percentage of criminals ruin things for all poor and middle class people. They can't even buy basic necessities in peace after all day's hard work.

Unfortunately all the DC Council seems to care about is catering to that very small percentage. Yay violent criminals! Boo middle class people and those trying to improve their neighborhood!

DC Council is stuck on some flaky mythology that it's all just about poverty and misunderstood, misguided youth and that being nice to them and being understanding toward them will somehow make them not be criminals anymore.

*gag*

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

A small percentage of criminals ruin things for all poor and middle class people. They can't even buy basic necessities in peace after all day's hard work.

Unfortunately all the DC Council seems to care about is catering to that very small percentage. Yay violent criminals! Boo middle class people and those trying to improve their neighborhood!

DC Council is stuck on some flaky mythology that it's all just about poverty and misunderstood, misguided youth and that being nice to them and being understanding toward them will somehow make them not be criminals anymore.

*gag*

Well the other thing they Council is doing is declaring crimes to not be crimes anymore. Great way to reduce crime, no?

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone protest gentrification? You think certain neighborhoods should be racially exclusive?

Gentrification causes people to lack homes.

Not working causes people to lack homes. Bartenders can live in gentrified neighborhoods, so stop whining and get a job.

Yeah right, just working any job will allow someone to get approved for a $1400/month apt

I just don't get your argument. There are plenty of neighborhoods I can't afford to live in, including the one I grew up in and places my family lived in the past. That's life, not a tragedy. No one is entitled to live exactly where they want.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone protest gentrification? You think certain neighborhoods should be racially exclusive?

Gentrification causes people to lack homes.

Not working causes people to lack homes. Bartenders can live in gentrified neighborhoods, so stop whining and get a job.

Yeah right, just working any job will allow someone to get approved for a $1400/month apt

I just don't get your argument. There are plenty of neighborhoods I can't afford to live in, including the one I grew up in and places my family lived in the past. That's life, not a tragedy. No one is entitled to live exactly where they want.

Some people cannot afford to live anywhere, increasingly.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone protest gentrification? You think certain neighborhoods should be racially exclusive?

Gentrification causes people to lack homes.

Not working causes people to lack homes. Bartenders can live in gentrified neighborhoods, so stop whining and get a job.

Yeah right, just working any job will allow someone to get approved for a $1400/month apt

I just don't get your argument. There are plenty of neighborhoods I can't afford to live in, including the one I grew up in and places my family lived in the past. That's life, not a tragedy. No one is entitled to live exactly where they want.

Some people cannot afford to live anywhere, increasingly.

What? This is not true. Maybe you need to move out of DC area but there is somewhere for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't we be encouraging gentrification? That way it boosts property values and wealth for established residents. It also combats white flight and segregation, which is also bad. To encourage gentrification, I frequent local coffee shops and eateries with my patronage.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll comrades, you’re getting more of what you want. The Walmart on h street is closing. Who knew that theft would drive away business? I guess you’ll get your utopian gentrification-free paradise soon if this keeps up. It’s so important to preserve a neighborhood’s decay in amber. Don’t you think? It’s so much nicer when we don’t have nice things.

Nice things!? It's a Walmart. Speaking as a nearby gentrifier, we didn't go there, precisely because it wasn't very nice at all, and it had significant issues with keeping the shelves stocked. I'd much rather go to the Target in Ivy City (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to have nearly the same problems with either theft or stock).

Perhaps Walmart's problem is that (for a myriad of reasons) no one in DC really respects them as a business. That's on them.

I don't care about having or not having a Walmart but DC Walmarts suck, they are arranged like prisons and treat everyone as criminals.

To be fair, many of the shoppers at DC Walmart's are in fact criminals.

+1. High percentage of criminals attend DC Walmart’s.

This was the worst Walmart I have ever seen. Like people giving you side eye as they threw out trash in the parking lot and smoked cigs near the entrance. You walk inside and things are in disarray. The produce section was crap. Staff were rude and uncaring. I mean it was a tore up inner city store with detergent locked away because of all the theft. Let’s just be real.

A small percentage of criminals ruin things for all poor and middle class people. They can't even buy basic necessities in peace after all day's hard work.

Unfortunately all the DC Council seems to care about is catering to that very small percentage. Yay violent criminals! Boo middle class people and those trying to improve their neighborhood!

Time to vote them off. We need rational democrats to run and stand up for working class instead of coddling and encouraging criminals.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone protest gentrification? You think certain neighborhoods should be racially exclusive?

Gentrification causes people to lack homes.

Not working causes people to lack homes. Bartenders can live in gentrified neighborhoods, so stop whining and get a job.

Yeah right, just working any job will allow someone to get approved for a $1400/month apt

I just don't get your argument. There are plenty of neighborhoods I can't afford to live in, including the one I grew up in and places my family lived in the past. That's life, not a tragedy. No one is entitled to live exactly where they want.

Some people cannot afford to live anywhere, increasingly.

That's not because of gentrification. Gentrification is about specific areas. Rising costs across the board are a different matter.