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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That was a really great article. Thanks for sharing!

Lee's Flower Shop is a great community amenity. On the flip side, we must also recognize the increasing land values that accompany gentrification have enriched many middle-class and working-class Washingtonian African-American families. These families are taking the money after sitting on prime real estate for decades. Some have gone into the real estate development business themselves.

I'd like to understand better their role in this, how they've used this new wealth, and their views. No one in the local media have talked with them and I'm guessing they would prefer to keep a low profile in their community.[/quote]

There are some middle class AAs in DC--in some Ward 4 and 5 neighborhoods and in Hillcrest etc. EOTR--but the majority of AAs who've remained in DC for the past few decades are poor/working class and don't own property.[/quote]
I have a relative who lived in columbiaheights. Part of a townhouse and there are multiple high rise public housing buildings around it. The cars in the parking lot are much nicer than the cars of the people who own rowhouses who park on the street.[/quote]

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