Everytime a condo is built and/or a gentrifier moves to DC the city becomes less & less interesting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I hate gentrified DC" OP is boring.

Gentrified DC sucks.

You must be the type who thinks shopping at Whole Foods is the epitome of cool.

YOU SO URBAN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washington never was and never will be "interesting."

That's pretty subjective.

[Anonymous]

Look at this shit.
I rest my case.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I moved here in early 90s. Love some of the changes to the City (downtown!). Miss others (adams Morgan is sad).

Cities change.

Starbucks?
Panera?
Potbelly?
Walgreens?
Forever 21?
H&M?
J Crew?
CVS?
Bed Bath Beyond?

Seriously?

Are you a troll?

No, but I also travel more than 2 blocks away from Chinatown metro. You may want to get out more and rediscover some interesting things going on in both new and old DC.

There is hardly anything left of the old DC.
You wouldn't know that though because you are a gentrifier.

I don't think gentrifier means what you think it means.

Ok.
You are a recent arrival urban try hard.

No I quite agree. Not sure what your obsession is with that word. And "urban try hard?" Wtf

[Anonymous]

What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I moved here in early 90s. Love some of the changes to the City (downtown!). Miss others (adams Morgan is sad).

Cities change.

Starbucks?
Panera?
Potbelly?
Walgreens?
Forever 21?
H&M?
J Crew?
CVS?
Bed Bath Beyond?

Seriously?

Are you a troll?

No, but I also travel more than 2 blocks away from Chinatown metro. You may want to get out more and rediscover some interesting things going on in both new and old DC.

There is hardly anything left of the old DC.
You wouldn't know that though because you are a gentrifier.

I don't think gentrifier means what you think it means.

Ok.
You are a recent arrival urban try hard.

Your assumption being that I didn't move from a larger, more urban environment. You realize, that many people move to Washington for school - or work - from larger cities around the world.

Ok let me guess.
You moved here from a more urban & gritty 2000-2010 New York City?

LOL

Once again.
Spare me.

The people who do come from larger cities around the world would agree about the current incarnation of DC sucking.
I know this because they all tell me so.

Nope. Around the world includes, wait for it...outside of America. Shocking, I know.

I wonder how old you are, with your usage of LOL so frequently. You may be native, but I may be living here longer.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

They are too stupid to realize the MPD hates them too.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

Whenever someone wants to go back to "old DC" I remember trash piling up in the streets, no plowing, government shutdowns, people complaining about gentrification, DCPS hating charter schools....wait, actually nothing has changed at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

Whenever someone wants to go back to "old DC" I remember trash piling up in the streets, no plowing, government shutdowns, people complaining about gentrification, DCPS hating charter schools....wait, actually nothing has changed at all.

+1

This is exactly what I was thinking!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I moved here in early 90s. Love some of the changes to the City (downtown!). Miss others (adams Morgan is sad).

Cities change.

Starbucks?
Panera?
Potbelly?
Walgreens?
Forever 21?
H&M?
J Crew?
CVS?
Bed Bath Beyond?

Seriously?

Are you a troll?

No, but I also travel more than 2 blocks away from Chinatown metro. You may want to get out more and rediscover some interesting things going on in both new and old DC.

There is hardly anything left of the old DC.
You wouldn't know that though because you are a gentrifier.

I don't think gentrifier means what you think it means.

Ok.
You are a recent arrival urban try hard.

Your assumption being that I didn't move from a larger, more urban environment. You realize, that many people move to Washington for school - or work - from larger cities around the world.

Ok let me guess.
You moved here from a more urban & gritty 2000-2010 New York City?

LOL

Once again.
Spare me.

The people who do come from larger cities around the world would agree about the current incarnation of DC sucking.
I know this because they all tell me so.

Nope. Around the world includes, wait for it...outside of America. Shocking, I know.

I wonder how old you are, with your usage of LOL so frequently. You may be native, but I may be living here longer.

You so international.

I'm not a native.

I travel as well.
I enjoy traveling.
Traveling to Mexico in a couple of months.
Distrito Federal.

I seriously doubt you were in the DC area before me.

Electronics is one of my hobbies.
Do you remember Tanen's?
Downtown used to be so much fun.

Where did you buy your electronics before the bullshit Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart chain store era?
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

Whenever someone wants to go back to "old DC" I remember trash piling up in the streets, no plowing, government shutdowns, people complaining about gentrification, DCPS hating charter schools....wait, actually nothing has changed at all.

Yeah man there was nothing in DC until the transplants came here and blessed the locals with block after block of CVS, Starbucks & Whole Foods.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

Whenever someone wants to go back to "old DC" I remember trash piling up in the streets, no plowing, government shutdowns, people complaining about gentrification, DCPS hating charter schools....wait, actually nothing has changed at all.

Old DC didn't have charter schools. West of the park DCPS was all out of bounds. West of the park kids went to private schools. That's changed quite a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the gentrifier's obsession with being urban?
Then when they end up in urban situations such as a robbery or a shooting they complain about it.
LOL

I don't know. I think not complaining about it is a bigger problem. Why would you simply accept robbery and shooting? Are robberies and shootings the sort of thing you think we should have more of?

They are too stupid to realize the MPD hates them too.

That has absolutely nothing to do with the comment you are replying to. Also, not everyone, including the MPD, is an insane crusader against Whole Foods and new people moving to DC, only you are.

[Anonymous]

OP, when did you move into the District?