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

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

That’s great that you feel that way, but a lot of people can’t/won’t/don’t do that, so unless you want a bunch of unhoused people on the sidewalks of your neighborhood, I hope you support a public option for housing (just like there is a public option for k-12 schools) and shelters + rehabs in your neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

That’s great that you feel that way, but a lot of people can’t/won’t/don’t do that, so unless you want a bunch of unhoused people on the sidewalks of your neighborhood, I hope you support a public option for housing (just like there is a public option for k-12 schools) and shelters + rehabs in your neighborhood.

60-70% of the unhoused living on the streets are there because of mental illness and/or substance abuse. The only way to get them off the street is through treatment and most will refuse. And, while they are in such a state of substance abuse and/or mental illness that it prevents them to function, you can't put a roof over their heads without treatment. Someone who's mentally ill with a kitchen might burn the place down, someone who has a serious substance abuse problem will tear open the walls and sell the copper for drug money. In DC it is actually legal for any qualified medical professional to have them involuntarily committed to a treatment program. If we're ever to take homelessness seriously, that needs to be an integral component and the only choice given should be that if they are mentally ill or have a substance abuse problem they either need to be committed and given treatment or go live in some other jurisdiction.

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

That’s great that you feel that way, but a lot of people can’t/won’t/don’t do that, so unless you want a bunch of unhoused people on the sidewalks of your neighborhood, I hope you support a public option for housing (just like there is a public option for k-12 schools) and shelters + rehabs in your neighborhood.

60-70% of the unhoused living on the streets are there because of mental illness and/or substance abuse. The only way to get them off the street is through treatment and most will refuse. And, while they are in such a state of substance abuse and/or mental illness that it prevents them to function, you can't put a roof over their heads without treatment. Someone who's mentally ill with a kitchen might burn the place down, someone who has a serious substance abuse problem will tear open the walls and sell the copper for drug money. In DC it is actually legal for any qualified medical professional to have them involuntarily committed to a treatment program. If we're ever to take homelessness seriously, that needs to be an integral component and the only choice given should be that if they are mentally ill or have a substance abuse problem they either need to be committed and given treatment or go live in some other jurisdiction.

What’s your evidence for that number?

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

You don't even need a second or third job.

$1,400/mo is 47% of gross income for someone making minimum wage in DC. It's a high percentage but it's also a percentage that basically every nonprofit/academic/local government worker spent when they started out their career, myself included. If a program assistant at Greenpeace can make it work while going out to the Front Page three times a week "gentrified" people can too.

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

You don't even need a second or third job.

$1,400/mo is 47% of gross income for someone making minimum wage in DC. It's a high percentage but it's also a percentage that basically every nonprofit/academic/local government worker spent when they started out their career, myself included. If a program assistant at Greenpeace can make it work while going out to the Front Page three times a week "gentrified" people can too.

The program assistant at Green Peace has a trust fund + their parents pay their rent. How is this news to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can play a role today. Did you protest today? Did you donate to a mutual aid organization?

People who protest gentrification are the one who wants everything be racially segregated.

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

That’s great that you feel that way, but a lot of people can’t/won’t/don’t do that, so unless you want a bunch of unhoused people on the sidewalks of your neighborhood, I hope you support a public option for housing (just like there is a public option for k-12 schools) and shelters + rehabs in your neighborhood.

60-70% of the unhoused living on the streets are there because of mental illness and/or substance abuse. The only way to get them off the street is through treatment and most will refuse. And, while they are in such a state of substance abuse and/or mental illness that it prevents them to function, you can't put a roof over their heads without treatment. Someone who's mentally ill with a kitchen might burn the place down, someone who has a serious substance abuse problem will tear open the walls and sell the copper for drug money. In DC it is actually legal for any qualified medical professional to have them involuntarily committed to a treatment program. If we're ever to take homelessness seriously, that needs to be an integral component and the only choice given should be that if they are mentally ill or have a substance abuse problem they either need to be committed and given treatment or go live in some other jurisdiction.

What’s your evidence for that number?

There are numerous studies showing a significant percentage of the chronically homeless have mental health issues and/or substance abuse issues.

And typically if they are panhandling it's not for food. Back when I was younger and more naive, and a panhandler would approach me outside of a fast food place asking for money for food, and I didn't have cash, I'd go in and get them a sandwich on my card, rather than giving them cash. And SO OFTEN there'd be a look of annoyance or disappointment at being given food rather than "money for food." They didn't actually want or need money for food, they wanted the money to feed their habit. Now I don't give them anything. I just give to the charities that feed the homeless. And so should everyone else. Don't enable panhandlers. There are more than enough resources out there providing food, clothing, toiletries and other things.

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

You don't even need a second or third job.

$1,400/mo is 47% of gross income for someone making minimum wage in DC. It's a high percentage but it's also a percentage that basically every nonprofit/academic/local government worker spent when they started out their career, myself included. If a program assistant at Greenpeace can make it work while going out to the Front Page three times a week "gentrified" people can too.

The program assistant at Green Peace has a trust fund + their parents pay their rent. How is this news to you?

Not true, but the program assistant at Greenpeace might well have roommates.

[Anonymous]

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

You don't even need a second or third job.

$1,400/mo is 47% of gross income for someone making minimum wage in DC. It's a high percentage but it's also a percentage that basically every nonprofit/academic/local government worker spent when they started out their career, myself included. If a program assistant at Greenpeace can make it work while going out to the Front Page three times a week "gentrified" people can too.

The program assistant at Green Peace has a trust fund + their parents pay their rent. How is this news to you?

Not true, but the program assistant at Greenpeace might well have roommates.

It’s true in my experience.

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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

Then get a second or third job or whatever it takes and also develop some skills so that people will pay you enough to make it. Whatever it takes.

You don't even need a second or third job.

$1,400/mo is 47% of gross income for someone making minimum wage in DC. It's a high percentage but it's also a percentage that basically every nonprofit/academic/local government worker spent when they started out their career, myself included. If a program assistant at Greenpeace can make it work while going out to the Front Page three times a week "gentrified" people can too.

The program assistant at Green Peace has a trust fund + their parents pay their rent. How is this news to you?

Not true, but the program assistant at Greenpeace might well have roommates.

It’s true in my experience.

Your experience is limited. I'm a nonprofit type and our young people live with roommates or in studios or with roommates/in studios in distant suburbs. No one I know has a trust fund. They are hard core about saving money on transit and meals, etc.

[Anonymous]

Nothing. If you’d like to live in the 1980s more power to you

[Anonymous]

Article about gentrification in Charlottesville Va:

https://www.c-ville.com/new-page-longtime-10th-page-residents-seeing-shift-neighborhood/

“Many erect fences around their yards, tack on expensive additions or tear down houses entirely and build anew, driving up property assessments and taxes.”

Evil!

[Anonymous]

When it was time to get a new car, I didn't trade in the non-running Trans Am, just put it up on blocks in the front yard.

So far as I can tell, it's kept yuppies offa mah street and property values LOW.

[Anonymous]

Just the regular stuff, dog shitting on the street, us pissing in the alley in front of an illegal nightclub, riding ATVs, spitting in front of the grocery store.