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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real issue here is not his white fragility but the fact that the latest combination of protests, violence and the huge decrease in the MPD budget will speed up white flight to the suburbs and you will have a lot of wealthier whites leaving.  There is going to be a lot of disposable income leaving the district for the suburbs over the next few years and that is not good for an urban area when that money leaves.  There are a lot of businesses that are already struggling from the pandemic and the economic shutdown that might have survived but will die over the next couple of years as money leaves the area.[/quote]

Nah. Yes, DC (along with ALL other big cities) is going to lose a lot of businesses in the coming year or two, but not because of protests and white flight, it will all be tied to the virus. The pandemic has forced millions of people to work from home and now that genie it out of the bottle, it's won't be going back in. Many businesses will rethink their lease agreements and realize that WFH strategy works. That means commercial real estate is going to take a huge hit and many downtown restaurants will go out of business as their lunch crowds never return.  But your contention that businesses will leave because of protests is just wrong. [/quote]

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