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12708600, the american dream shattered in PG County/blizzard coming
Posted by Binlahab, Sun Jan-25-15 11:32 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/01/24/the-american-dream-shatters-in-prince-georges-county/?hpid=z1

fascinating.

worth a read...not just for my urrea folks but like...everybody

thesis is why is the Black middle class struggling so hard when other people seem to be making the rebound?

a lot of variables, chief among which:
- most of us work for someone else, other ethnicities have a stronger entrepreneur thing going
- predominantly Black hoods are not considered good hoods by others, unless the property value is so low it can be bought cheap, fixed up and then becomes a "transistional" hood
- a lot of people simply dont know how much goes into the upkeep of your house...besides the mortgage, you got to paint it, and landscape it and fix what breaks, or remodel to keep up w/ the trends...all have impact on the value of the property
- bad credit (its terrible)

i mean i could go on

but i wont.

on another note tho...SNOW COMING!

almost guaranteed school will be closed tomorrow...get your groceries now folks!

im tellin ya - wille d



does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg