Goodbye, Washington DC.

[Anonymous]

I think he makes some good points although whiny. I do remember when DC wasn’t quite so expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

THIS.ALL.OF.THE.WAY.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So so sad! He’ll just have to take his amazing ability to be indifferent to the suburbs. Tragic.

He said he moved 60 miles from DC. That doesn't sound suburban.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

This, exactly.
He wasn't writing about just HIS exit - he was pointing out the issues that are causing people with money to leave.

I'm not surprised that the majority of the people responding here don't get that.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

This, exactly.
He wasn't writing about just HIS exit - he was pointing out the issues that are causing people with money to leave.

I'm not surprised that the majority of the people responding here don't get that.

Do you two live in DC? The neighborhoods in which wealthy white folks live aren't experiencing protests. The "violent" protests lasted about two days and were over months ago. The cuts to the MPD budget were mainly to stop its expansion. For the most part, wealthy white people are not impacted by any of this.

[Anonymous]

To be fair, there was looting in upper NW at least one night near Friendship Heights but that wasn’t exactly like 50 days of unrest in Portland.

Anyone who is playing the long game is thinking ahead to what they think life will look like in 2022 under a Biden Administration that does not provoke or relish confrontation to appeal to old white people in Missouri or Ohio.

[Anonymous]

Kbai!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

This, exactly.
He wasn't writing about just HIS exit - he was pointing out the issues that are causing people with money to leave.

I'm not surprised that the majority of the people responding here don't get that.

Nope it may chase out the final 500 right wingers from the city but nothing will change. Dc is vibrant and thriving as much as a city can during this mess

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

That’s okay. His money will come back to DC in the form of reparations.

We still get his money, and ship him out to Damascus, or some other lousy rural-ish area. It’s a win-win!

[Anonymous]

I clicked on the link expecting to agree with this guy but found him annoying AF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

THIS.ALL.OF.THE.WAY.

The protests and violence aren’t affecting neighborhoods where white people mostly live. Why would people clear out of, say, upper NW in response to the murder rate increasing east of the River?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So so sad! He’ll just have to take his amazing ability to be indifferent to the suburbs. Tragic.

He said he moved 60 miles from DC. That doesn't sound suburban.

I wonder where he moved. Cumberland?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So so sad! He’ll just have to take his amazing ability to be indifferent to the suburbs. Tragic.

He said he moved 60 miles from DC. That doesn't sound suburban.

I wonder where he moved. Cumberland?

Probably Charles Town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there’s a reason this dude is apparently childless and single ...

Leave him alone. He's following the BLM tenant of disrupting the requirement of the Western-prescribed nuclear family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving. There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves. There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.

But isn't that white people being fragile?