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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC, like many other cities, is weird in that they have developers catering to the richer people, and city subsidized housing and other programs for the poorest, but not much in between.  They seem to forget entirely about people who work in the city but who are on the lower end of the pay scale, many of whom end up having to commute into the city because they can't afford to live in the city.  There's the displaced, but there's also the never-could-have-been-placed who are in the city for their jobs, but can't afford to live here.[/quote]
They haven’t forgotten about you. They don’t want you. They don’t want middle class families with kids because they demand things and have the political power to extract them and those things cost money.

The city set out on a very specific economic development strategy to cater to the wealthy and childless with disposable income who require little to nothing in services except public safety and unfortunately the city doesn’t seem capable of even doing that anymore. [/quote]

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