Will anyone notice that the DC Council is considering tax increases, again?

[Anonymous]

The only way this City will prosper economically is to materially reduce the percentage of people living off the government. According to Grok, the government pays for over 40% of the blacks that live in the city versus a little more than 1% of the whites. The 40% the city pays for also is responsible for a disproportionate amount of the daily vicious, and anti-social conduct that you see. If we replaced the group that is unwilling or unable to take care of itself with people who are able to look after themselves, the city would take off. Until then, the City will be held back by this group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way this City will prosper economically is to materially reduce the percentage of people living off the government. According to Grok, the government pays for over 40% of the blacks that live in the city versus a little more than 1% of the whites. The 40% the city pays for also is responsible for a disproportionate amount of the daily vicious, and anti-social conduct that you see. If we replaced the group that is unwilling or unable to take care of itself with people who are able to look after themselves, the city would take off. Until then, the City will be held back by this group.

"pays for"?

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Anonymous wrote:They should be raising taxes. That’s what DC voters voted overwhelmingly for. People want the rich paying their fair share. That’s what they voted for. The council has a mandate for giving the voters what they want.

LOL it's one thing when federal income taxes go up (everyone affected in all states) but this strategy is entirely unsustainable when people can just move across the border to Virginia or Maryland. You can't keep drawing water from a shrinking well forever

Then let them move. Who wants to be in some lame lifeless suburban encampment, spending your life in your car or riding endless red line or silver line trains just to get into the city? No thanks.

The boring-ass gentrifiers have brought Disneyfication and their lame suburban tastes to the city. Tax them.

You mean white people between the ages of 20 and 34? They're the ones who have driven gentrification and made DC a much, much, much whiter city than it was 20 years ago. Sure, tax them but the problem is they don't have much money.

The real problem was the white flight that happened before that and the ongoing segregation and racism in our nation. FIFY

sounds like you're one of the white gentrifiers. welcome to dc.

Actually, I was born here.

Right. No one who has lived here for any significant amount of time is confused about who is gentrifying the city. It's white twenty- and thirty-somethings. Those luxury condos you live in? They were built by developers who bought up, and then razed, single family homes that had been owned by Black Washingtonians since forever. That's how DC became the only major city in this country that is getting whiter.

You are the reason Trump won. Keep it up!

[Anonymous]

Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

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Anonymous wrote:They should be raising taxes. That’s what DC voters voted overwhelmingly for. People want the rich paying their fair share. That’s what they voted for. The council has a mandate for giving the voters what they want.

LOL it's one thing when federal income taxes go up (everyone affected in all states) but this strategy is entirely unsustainable when people can just move across the border to Virginia or Maryland. You can't keep drawing water from a shrinking well forever

Then let them move. Who wants to be in some lame lifeless suburban encampment, spending your life in your car or riding endless red line or silver line trains just to get into the city? No thanks.

The boring-ass gentrifiers have brought Disneyfication and their lame suburban tastes to the city. Tax them.

You mean white people between the ages of 20 and 34? They're the ones who have driven gentrification and made DC a much, much, much whiter city than it was 20 years ago. Sure, tax them but the problem is they don't have much money.

The real problem was the white flight that happened before that and the ongoing segregation and racism in our nation. FIFY

sounds like you're one of the white gentrifiers. welcome to dc.

Actually, I was born here.

Right. No one who has lived here for any significant amount of time is confused about who is gentrifying the city. It's white twenty- and thirty-somethings. Those luxury condos you live in? They were built by developers who bought up, and then razed, single family homes that had been owned by Black Washingtonians since forever. That's how DC became the only major city in this country that is getting whiter.

You are the reason Trump won. Keep it up!

Honesty I think people like you who ignore the issue are the reason that trump won. People who work and don’t receive entitlements simply don’t want to pay taxes for others not to be employed at full capacity while being on SNAP, vouchers, etc. The reality is the current system is abusive — there is no reason that able bodied adults should be on various forms of welfare for years and years unless they are truly mentally disabled. Sure there are people who are down on their luck and need temporary assistance, but many welfare recipients do nothing to improve themselves, have many kids that they can’t afford, and somehow are able to afford tattoos, the newest iPhone, cannabis / drugs, and other frivolities.

I think being completely dismissive of this pushes some middle of the road voters rightward.

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Anonymous wrote:They should be raising taxes. That’s what DC voters voted overwhelmingly for. People want the rich paying their fair share. That’s what they voted for. The council has a mandate for giving the voters what they want.

LOL it's one thing when federal income taxes go up (everyone affected in all states) but this strategy is entirely unsustainable when people can just move across the border to Virginia or Maryland. You can't keep drawing water from a shrinking well forever

Then let them move. Who wants to be in some lame lifeless suburban encampment, spending your life in your car or riding endless red line or silver line trains just to get into the city? No thanks.

The boring-ass gentrifiers have brought Disneyfication and their lame suburban tastes to the city. Tax them.

You mean white people between the ages of 20 and 34? They're the ones who have driven gentrification and made DC a much, much, much whiter city than it was 20 years ago. Sure, tax them but the problem is they don't have much money.

The real problem was the white flight that happened before that and the ongoing segregation and racism in our nation. FIFY

sounds like you're one of the white gentrifiers. welcome to dc.

Actually, I was born here.

Right. No one who has lived here for any significant amount of time is confused about who is gentrifying the city. It's white twenty- and thirty-somethings. Those luxury condos you live in? They were built by developers who bought up, and then razed, single family homes that had been owned by Black Washingtonians since forever. That's how DC became the only major city in this country that is getting whiter.

You are the reason Trump won. Keep it up!

Honesty I think people like you who ignore the issue are the reason that trump won. People who work and don’t receive entitlements simply don’t want to pay taxes for others not to be employed at full capacity while being on SNAP, vouchers, etc. The reality is the current system is abusive — there is no reason that able bodied adults should be on various forms of welfare for years and years unless they are truly mentally disabled. Sure there are people who are down on their luck and need temporary assistance, but many welfare recipients do nothing to improve themselves, have many kids that they can’t afford, and somehow are able to afford tattoos, the newest iPhone, cannabis / drugs, and other frivolities.

I think being completely dismissive of this pushes some middle of the road voters rightward.

No one is dismissive of that, but Clinton reformed welfare way back when. There's not a lot of mooching off of the system now. There are checks and balances in place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

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Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

In Northeast DC, near me, they are built on land once used for sports fields by religious orders, former highway ramps, converted industrial areas, and yes, empty land. While a few houses have been razed in our neighborhood, in most cases there are developments built on land that was previously under-developed. Additionally, pop ups are added.

Some examples of in-fill like I've described:
https://nextstopriggspark.com/2025/06/24/boys-town-redevelopment-pre-large-tract-review-update/
https://www.eya.com/development/capabilities/chancellors-row
https://www.eya.com/townhomes/washington-dc/reservoir-district

I can give you five more similar developments in Northeast DC that did not involve tearing any houses down, but instead consisted of in-fill where the area was under-developed. I can name five more empty lots ready for similar development.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

The whole point of “increasing density” is getting rid of single family homes. That’s why the city is getting so white.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

The whole point of “increasing density” is getting rid of single family homes. That’s why the city is getting so white.

There are a lot of areas of the city (mostly in NE and SE) that could easily get more dense without tearing down a single SFH.

[Anonymous]

Also, mostly it's black families leaving rather than white individuals coming to DC that is changing the balance the quickest. Can't blame people for wanting to move to PG and get a mansion for what would buy you a place without air conditioning in the city.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

In Northeast DC, near me, they are built on land once used for sports fields by religious orders, former highway ramps, converted industrial areas, and yes, empty land. While a few houses have been razed in our neighborhood, in most cases there are developments built on land that was previously under-developed. Additionally, pop ups are added.

Some examples of in-fill like I've described:
https://nextstopriggspark.com/2025/06/24/boys-town-redevelopment-pre-large-tract-review-update/
https://www.eya.com/development/capabilities/chancellors-row
https://www.eya.com/townhomes/washington-dc/reservoir-district

I can give you five more similar developments in Northeast DC that did not involve tearing any houses down, but instead consisted of in-fill where the area was under-developed. I can name five more empty lots ready for similar development.

I mean, do you even believe this? You think that in a major city, in one of the most densely populated cities in the Western hemisphere, where housing is scarce and land is worth a fortune, that somehow there was all this land that somehow everyone overlooked and that's why you're not part of the problem? What other fairy tales do you tell yourself?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

In Northeast DC, near me, they are built on land once used for sports fields by religious orders, former highway ramps, converted industrial areas, and yes, empty land. While a few houses have been razed in our neighborhood, in most cases there are developments built on land that was previously under-developed. Additionally, pop ups are added.

Some examples of in-fill like I've described:
https://nextstopriggspark.com/2025/06/24/boys-town-redevelopment-pre-large-tract-review-update/
https://www.eya.com/development/capabilities/chancellors-row
https://www.eya.com/townhomes/washington-dc/reservoir-district

I can give you five more similar developments in Northeast DC that did not involve tearing any houses down, but instead consisted of in-fill where the area was under-developed. I can name five more empty lots ready for similar development.

I mean, do you even believe this? You think that in a major city, in one of the most densely populated cities in the Western hemisphere, where housing is scarce and land is worth a fortune, that somehow there was all this land that somehow everyone overlooked and that's why you're not part of the problem? What other fairy tales do you tell yourself?

The question is, why don't you believe this? Do you actually live in Washington, DC? Do you ever go to Northeast or Southeast?

[Anonymous]

Also, I actually cited facts and developments. All you've done is sling racist impressions. Do you have facts to add to the conversation?

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Anonymous wrote:Also, which single family homes were razed? Didn't happen in DC. I call outsider commentary.

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?

In Northeast DC, near me, they are built on land once used for sports fields by religious orders, former highway ramps, converted industrial areas, and yes, empty land. While a few houses have been razed in our neighborhood, in most cases there are developments built on land that was previously under-developed. Additionally, pop ups are added.

Some examples of in-fill like I've described:
https://nextstopriggspark.com/2025/06/24/boys-town-redevelopment-pre-large-tract-review-update/
https://www.eya.com/development/capabilities/chancellors-row
https://www.eya.com/townhomes/washington-dc/reservoir-district

I can give you five more similar developments in Northeast DC that did not involve tearing any houses down, but instead consisted of in-fill where the area was under-developed. I can name five more empty lots ready for similar development.

I mean, do you even believe this? You think that in a major city, in one of the most densely populated cities in the Western hemisphere, where housing is scarce and land is worth a fortune, that somehow there was all this land that somehow everyone overlooked and that's why you're not part of the problem? What other fairy tales do you tell yourself?

The question is, why don't you believe this? Do you actually live in Washington, DC? Do you ever go to Northeast or Southeast?

Sweetie, I've lived in DC for 40 years.