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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, which single family homes were razed?  Didn't happen in DC.  I call outsider commentary.[/quote]

do you think all those high end condo buildings were built on farm land? on empty fields?[/quote]

The whole point of “increasing density” is getting rid of single family homes. That’s why the city is getting so white. [/quote]

Huh?  DC was whiter than it is now for most of its existence.  [/quote]

Yeah, they're not making a lot of sense.  White people moving in doesn't particularly relate to the effort towards increased density.  Also, given the number of row houses, there hasn't been nearly the propensity towards tearing down single family homes that Montgomery County has seen.  Nor the changes in zoning that have been proposed there.[/quote]

Developers buy single family homes from black people. They knock them down and replace them with expensive condos. They sell them to high income white people. That drives up housing prices and, with it, property taxes. More people are forced to sell their homes because of the property taxes, and the pattern repeats. This is how Ward 4 went from 80 percent black in 1995 to 42 percent black in 2025 and how Ward 5 went from 85 percent black in 1995 to 45 percent black in 2025. [/quote]

You need to check your figures.

Ward 5 is 58% black.
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US11005-ward-5-dc/
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Your numbers are from a couple years ago. I said 2025. Shows you how quickly the share is shrinking.[/quote]

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