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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

Well to be honest North Arlington is using south Arlington to house the affordable units and lower income residents.

It doesn't matter. The poor will continue to be pushed out. I think the county waited too late to strategize affordable housing, the majority of which is market rate. The county doesn't control it. Eventually the old garden aparmtents along Columbia Pike will be torn down to make way for new market rate housing. The county can push for trying to maintain a percentage of what's there, but that won't be enough. For the what it's worth I haven't noticed any tension between older residents and " gentrifiers" in my neighborhood. However, of the 7 houses around me, 5 of us moved in less than 5 years ago. There has been serious turn over on my street.

http://www.arlnow.com/2015/04/07/county-board-candidates-push-for-more-affordable-housing/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/arlington-streetcar-demise-sends-message-to-poorer-residents-keep-riding-the-bus/2014/11/19/6aeebf0e-702d-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

We are getting a chipotle?!?!? I am interested to see what will be in the new bottom level of the apts at Columbia Pike and Glebe... any idea?

That's where the Chipotle is going!!!! I'm hoping for some sort of frozen dessert option.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

We are getting a chipotle?!?!? I am interested to see what will be in the new bottom level of the apts at Columbia Pike and Glebe... any idea?

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

We are getting a chipotle?!?!? I am interested to see what will be in the new bottom level of the apts at Columbia Pike and Glebe... any idea?

Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

Well to be honest North Arlington is using south Arlington to house the affordable units and lower income residents.

It doesn't matter. The poor will continue to be pushed out. I think the county waited too late to strategize affordable housing, the majority of which is market rate. The county doesn't control it. Eventually the old garden aparmtents along Columbia Pike will be torn down to make way for new market rate housing. The county can push for trying to maintain a percentage of what's there, but that won't be enough. For the what it's worth I haven't noticed any tension between older residents and " gentrifiers" in my neighborhood. However, of the 7 houses around me, 5 of us moved in less than 5 years ago. There has been serious turn over on my street.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

Well to be honest North Arlington is using south Arlington to house the affordable units and lower income residents.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

So tell us again the benefits of living among poor people, especially if they behavior like stereotypes.

Well, I live in a S. Arlington neighborhood and I assume that some of my neighbors are lower income and they are the same as my upper income neighbors, so I am not really sure the problem. Look do high concentrations of lower income areas tend to have higher areas of crime yes. Does that same rule apple when there are mixed neighborhoods of people from all incomes? I don't think so (although admittedly I haven't done any studies). I know that in my neighborhood the community civic action meetings are packed with people that are concerned about their neighborhood and schools. There are loads of benefits of treating people with compassion and realizing that folks can be perfectly capable of functioning in society regardless of income if we stop treating them as less than or animals.

My husband grew up very poor and his family still is. They seem to be no different than I. They still strive for their kids to get a good education and no they aren't in jail or causing trouble all the time. They just want a good life for their family, which is basically all anyone wants. Lower income folks have as much of a right to exist in a neighborhood as I do.

I think there are immense benefits to being exposed to people off all different backgrounds (race, life stories and incomes) because it gives people an opportunity to learn how to see outside their own privileged and allows for greater change in society.

Cam I ask which neighborhood? We live in south Arlington, but in an area where there are a lot of long-time residents, and there is tension between them and "gentrifiers." I wish we could get to a place where everyone works together but its challenging.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

So tell us again the benefits of living among poor people, especially if they behavior like stereotypes.

Well, I live in a S. Arlington neighborhood and I assume that some of my neighbors are lower income and they are the same as my upper income neighbors, so I am not really sure the problem. Look do high concentrations of lower income areas tend to have higher areas of crime yes. Does that same rule apple when there are mixed neighborhoods of people from all incomes? I don't think so (although admittedly I haven't done any studies). I know that in my neighborhood the community civic action meetings are packed with people that are concerned about their neighborhood and schools. There are loads of benefits of treating people with compassion and realizing that folks can be perfectly capable of functioning in society regardless of income if we stop treating them as less than or animals.

My husband grew up very poor and his family still is. They seem to be no different than I. They still strive for their kids to get a good education and no they aren't in jail or causing trouble all the time. They just want a good life for their family, which is basically all anyone wants. Lower income folks have as much of a right to exist in a neighborhood as I do.

I think there are immense benefits to being exposed to people off all different backgrounds (race, life stories and incomes) because it gives people an opportunity to learn how to see outside their own privileged and allows for greater change in society.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

So tell us again the benefits of living among poor people, especially if they behavior like stereotypes.

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Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.

Yeah, this annoys me too. How can people say it won't improve where there are a TON of S. Arlington redevelopment projects in the work. But I guess the thing is, people won't say things are improving till all the poor folks are forced out of the boundries. That is why N. Arlington is so awesome right? I mean aside from the pretty landscaping.

Anonymous wrote:Another off the Piker here- I don't know how people can not see how much change is happening. We moved in 7 years ago, and it's a different place. Besides we are getting a Starbucks and chipotle! We've arrived!
All off the worry of affordable housing isn't necessary. The whole issue is that so much of it has disappeared. The county is committed, but don't see it keeping up with progress. There are too many people who will pay market rate to live closer. There is too much money to be made. It's frustrating that their only answer seems to be that very small strip, but it's a losing battle for the county anyway.
I hear Tyson's is booming- I guess many will relocate out there.