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Subject: "locals become townies"
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John Forte
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Wed Jul-22-15 09:40 AM
69. "locals become townies"
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Are you a gentrifier? Have you been a gentrifier?
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Yes & Yes. No shame either.
FLUIDJ
Jul 21st 2015
1
where and where?
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
2
Believe it or not, Arlington.
FLUIDJ
Jul 21st 2015
15
Technically I am, but hardcore gentrification hasn't taken
Teknontheou
Jul 21st 2015
3
Clinton Hill in 2008... yup. I paid 1250 for a 1 slanted bedroom
legsdiamond
Jul 21st 2015
4
hol' up. a: Clinton Hill was already WELL gentrified and
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
6
my landlord smoked crack
legsdiamond
Jul 21st 2015
13
i'm reverse gentrifying the burbs...if that makes any sense
gumz
Jul 21st 2015
5
nah. makes no sense cuz you're an OKP.
NikaMandela
Jul 21st 2015
11
no idea what this means but it made me laugh
gumz
Jul 21st 2015
14
your flowers aren't going to grow with all that shade fam....
FLUIDJ
Jul 21st 2015
17
0_o
gumz
Jul 21st 2015
21
lol... Nikka's reply to you was hard to interpret, so I went with shade/...
FLUIDJ
Jul 21st 2015
29
they're pushing us to the burbs so not sure that counts
bonamie
Jul 21st 2015
43
No, I've lived in not-cool neighborhoods in Philly most of my life
flipnile
Jul 21st 2015
7
gentrified neighborhoods are plagued with bums and beggars.
Kwesi
Jul 21st 2015
8
Also, on the Roxbury side of Jamaica Plain
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
9
No, but I may be considered one if my plan for my intentional community....
Moonlit_Force
Jul 21st 2015
10
how early do you have to be to be considered a true gentrifier?
Government Name
Jul 21st 2015
12
Interracial couples are the vanguard of gentrification so yeah, probably
Mongo
Jul 21st 2015
16
is gentrification some white shit?
legsdiamond
Jul 21st 2015
18
nope
lfresh
Jul 21st 2015
38
this mentality is, ironically, how black folk foster gentrification
LeonPause
Jul 21st 2015
39
Yuuuup
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
40
LOL :0(
bonamie
Jul 21st 2015
45
Maybe but I don't think so
13Rose
Jul 21st 2015
19
I may be a gentrifier but am being gentrified now.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Jul 21st 2015
20
Yeah, NYC has that second-level, hyperdrive gentrification
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
23
LMAO.
ndibs
Jul 21st 2015
32
Can you be a gentrifier if you move back to the area you grew up in?
bigkarma
Jul 21st 2015
22
no.
SoWhat
Jul 21st 2015
24
Si, in Prospect-Lefferts Garden
Brother Rabbit
Jul 21st 2015
25
I'm about to gentrify the utter shit out of Limehouse.
TheAlbionist
Jul 21st 2015
26
i was in baltimore but i'm not so sure about SD
GirlChild
Jul 21st 2015
27
*eats 9 dollar grilled cheese sandwich
double negative
Jul 21st 2015
28
yeah but never been a dick about it hopefully
T Reynolds
Jul 21st 2015
30
I was gentrified out of new york for sure...
ndibs
Jul 21st 2015
31
in some ways, I am. but there's a sweet irony about it that I kinda lov...
LeonPause
Jul 21st 2015
33
"Da Hood" doesn't have to stay "Da Hood" forever
PoppaGeorge
Jul 21st 2015
34
no but i damn sure was every spot i lived in nyc
dba_BAD
Jul 21st 2015
35
They're building a Whole Foods down the street from me...
ChiBrownSkinLady
Jul 21st 2015
36
what neighborhood are you in?
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
37
Hyde Park-Kenwood.
ChiBrownSkinLady
Jul 21st 2015
50
Where's the Whole Foods going?
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
55
we're calling Black pple gentrifiers too?
bonamie
Jul 21st 2015
41
If you're not from that community and pricing older residents out...
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
42
the older residents are the ones pricing their PEOPLE out
bonamie
Jul 21st 2015
44
but you are Black my nigga... someone is going to buy at that price
legsdiamond
Jul 21st 2015
46
I got my yellow-ass kids at #BlackLivesMatter rallies
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
47
i think it depends on the situation
samsara
Jul 21st 2015
49
this is tricky, and something that I wish could be explored in depth...
LeonPause
Jul 21st 2015
58
yep i sure am
samsara
Jul 21st 2015
48
i was definitely part of the first wave in prospect heights
fontgangsta
Jul 21st 2015
51
RE: Are you a gentrifier? Have you been a gentrifier?
double 0
Jul 21st 2015
52
I am here in East Atlanta Village
Utamaroho
Jul 21st 2015
53
I am here in East Atlanta Village
Utamaroho
Jul 21st 2015
54
My area of Bed-Stuy began turning into Clinton Hill before I arrived
Goldmind
Jul 21st 2015
56
If y'all are transplant buppies, you probably are gentrifiers.
Teknontheou
Jul 22nd 2015
66
I don't think we've displaced anyone, though.
Goldmind
Jul 22nd 2015
72
"GET OUT OF THE CITY!! COUSIN LARRY"~Balki
PG
Jul 21st 2015
57
i found a torrent of all perfect strangers episodes...
guru0509
Jul 21st 2015
60
lol.. that's excellent.. might have to fire up deluge and find that.
PG
Jul 21st 2015
63
Vancouver?
John Forte
Jul 21st 2015
61
yep.
PG
Jul 21st 2015
62
LIC/Astoria was gentrified before I got here though....
guru0509
Jul 21st 2015
59
Gentrification isn't the fault of ppl moving in. It's a problem of
Jon
Jul 21st 2015
64
I watched a doc where Kevin Bacons dad had a city design for Philly
legsdiamond
Jul 22nd 2015
65
Love to know the name of it. Im always dreaming up cities like that
Jon
Jul 22nd 2015
73
You can't ignore the fact that white flight
John Forte
Jul 22nd 2015
67
I don't, but
Jon
Jul 22nd 2015
74
A lot of gentrifiers don't interact with the longtime residents
flipnile
Jul 22nd 2015
68
there used to be a drum circle in Marcus Garvey Park
legsdiamond
Jul 22nd 2015
71
Lacking respect for the neighborhood you're moving into is
Jon
Jul 22nd 2015
75
Lol lotta pleas copped in here
Amritsar
Jul 22nd 2015
70
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