Roberta, I actually had more of a problem with “black and Latino people know it’s a beautiful neighborhood even though it’s populated mostly by black people.” Even though? I know what you probably meant, but that phrase……..
The second isn’t so much about what you said, per se, but the widely held implication that gentrification = whiteness, which translates that a neighborhood can’t be improved until, or unless, white folks start moving in. I don’t buy that.
But that’s a very long and involved discussion I can’t participate in today, gotta go to work now.
I think it can still be a productive discussion, about the need for affordable, middle-class housing and economically mixed neighborhoods. Just because it is something that happens in cities doesn’t mean that it always has to happen the same way. I think it’s an especially important discussion now, since the policy that everyone should own their home is off the table since the subprime crash.
Not too many neighborhoods I can think of within a 1-hour train ride to midtown that are deteriorating at the moment.
Me and my friends would preder the nabes kept their “dangerous” perceptions if it will keep them from turning into what FG has become. I LOVED that area years ago, but today it’s like Park Slope light (heading toward a “culturelss” type of neighborhood).
etson, well guess what? some people arent going to accept that rhetoric anymore. some people arent going to just roll over and let the yuppie lunch truck roll in.
etson, you’re just got a big appetite
rf, there’s still Queens
Yeah, yeah, I know. Thanks for the reminder m4l.
11217, sounds good, I’ll alert Snappy.
Also, check your email.
Roberta, I actually had more of a problem with “black and Latino people know it’s a beautiful neighborhood even though it’s populated mostly by black people.” Even though? I know what you probably meant, but that phrase……..
The second isn’t so much about what you said, per se, but the widely held implication that gentrification = whiteness, which translates that a neighborhood can’t be improved until, or unless, white folks start moving in. I don’t buy that.
But that’s a very long and involved discussion I can’t participate in today, gotta go to work now.
rf, you do know/recall you’ve already mentioned your real name here a few times already right? ie the cats out of the bag already
I think it can still be a productive discussion, about the need for affordable, middle-class housing and economically mixed neighborhoods. Just because it is something that happens in cities doesn’t mean that it always has to happen the same way. I think it’s an especially important discussion now, since the policy that everyone should own their home is off the table since the subprime crash.
Not too many neighborhoods I can think of within a 1-hour train ride to midtown that are deteriorating at the moment.
Me and my friends would preder the nabes kept their “dangerous” perceptions if it will keep them from turning into what FG has become. I LOVED that area years ago, but today it’s like Park Slope light (heading toward a “culturelss” type of neighborhood).
etson, well guess what? some people arent going to accept that rhetoric anymore. some people arent going to just roll over and let the yuppie lunch truck roll in.
*rob*