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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does it have to be “white entitlement?” We are pretty multicultural when it comes
To entitlement in the DMV.[/quote]
Because middle class Black people, like me, have spent our entire lives doing what we can to be successful because that is what has been demanded of us. Michelle Obama once called Barak a "hustler" and all Black people need to hustle somewhat to get ahead because, and the data is clear, Black people born into wealthy families are less likely to maintain their economic status into adulthood than equivalent whites.

Black people in this city have spent decades begging this city to help them more, only to be told that nothing can be done. In the meantime, a whole generation of entitled white brats comes along and decides that they don't need to work for anything. They can just have whatever they want and it is disturbing to me that in some ways they are getting it. Who do you think is benefitting from these "inclusive" development units?

Meanwhile Black people keep getting left behind but these entitled white people sure love to us as props for their games. "Upzoning" Cleveland Park is not going to do anything for any person of color in this city. In fact, it probably hurts Black people on net because it promotes private development and investment $ in already rich neighborhoods. What I have learned is that the city won't invest in your neighborhood until some white people move in. It looks like white people made it to the Anacostia River and decided that they had enough.[/quote]

So beyond not upzoning Cleveland Park, what should be done? Not saying I disagree, because it’s really just going to provide more options to those on the cusp of affording that area vs. those that actually need more options, but I dont know that the status quo is the answer either.[/quote]

Upzoning in Ward 3 will do nothing more than drive those people out of the city.  The better approach is to make the less desirable areas more desirable.  DC Govt certainly can fund infrastructure, public parks, rec centers, bridges, libraries, schools in other parts of DC that would those parts more attractive.   DC has done some of this, particularly with some libraries, schools, and Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge.   But much more can be done of course.  Find commercial property that can be converted to residential, whether condos or townhouses.  This entire discussion seems to focus on what happens in Ward 3.  The parts of the City that have natural beauty care not in Ward 3.  Look at the River.  Plenty of opportunity to turn DC into a River city.

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It's very telling that whenever people say they're just so concerned that upzoning rich SFH areas won't help anything, the solution is always to allow upzoning somewhere else far away instead, not in addition to. It's never "upzone everywhere across the board and let property owners, developers, and buyers decide," it's always "keep that upzoning and development with the filthy poors where it belongs."

It's even more telling when those people straight up lie to further that NIMBY agenda:

[quote]The parts of the City that have natural beauty care not in Ward 3. Look at the River.  Plenty of opportunity to turn DC into a River city.    [/quote]

You don't think the Ward that borders Rock Creek Park has natural beauty? Glover Archbold Park? Battery Kemble?  Take a look at this heat map and tell me which Ward you think has the most tree cover: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/detailed-maps-urban-heat-island-effects-washington-dc-and-baltimore

Look at the river? You mean the Potomac River which borders Ward 3? What about the C&O Canal which is a full on National Park inside Ward 3's borders?

Nice attempt at misdirection, but nobody is buying your "aww shucks, you don't want this gross old candy bar, wouldn't you much rather have some nice crisp green broccoli" routine.   [/quote]

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