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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shepherd Park is absolutely upper SES. I don't think you can call it gentrified because [b]it has been upper SES for decades.[/b] It  hasn't been white and SES, in part due to historical WOTP redlining. It's where wealthy black families have lived for a few generations.

What you can say is that it is increasingly racially diverse. Shepherd Elementary has historically been less diverse because many parents could and did choose private schools for their kids. I'm thinking of Eaton, Mann and Hyde. [/quote]

AA SP resident here.  It is undeniably becoming more white, and more uniformly high SES.  It seems in the past it was more a mix of middle class and UMC.  Teachers and regular feds could afford to live here; now it's becoming all UMC.  As it becomes more desirable for people of all backgrounds, prices have gone up, and with that, less SES diversity.  Because fewer AAs and other POC are UMC, the neighborhood is trending more white.

It is what it is.  I don't want it to look like WOTP anytime soon.  However, a lot of longtime families hold on to their houses, and there are still some AA families that have bought here recently, even homes in the 1.3-1.6 range.  So I think it will remain pretty diverse for at least a couple more decades.[/quote]

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