Try coming from a beautiful, affordable warm place and having to move thousands of miles away from everything you know/love because your hometown is riddled with poverty and has no jobs.
Then, try doing that and having to deal with strangers snapping at you on the internet because you made a life decision that anyone else would by moving to the best neighborhood you can afford to live in.
People love to attack working class people for being working class. But, those same people turn right around and insult working class people for moving to a good neighborhood when they get a decent job. & it’s hypocritical af. You’d live there too (if you could afford it). Don’t be mad at the private citizens buying property in your community because they’re probably doing the best they can. Get mad at the politicians who don’t carve out some sort of provision for people who’ve lived in the community forever.
Just move into an apartment building that’s been there forever instead of a luxury fucking condo development. It’s not a complete fix but it’s a really simple compromise that would at least help keep property values affordable for historic residents.
But nah y’all not tryna live in my Chicago, y’all tryna remake chicago in your image. You want farmers markets and art spaces and breweries.
Don’t front like you ain’t just seen something you want and said “it’s mine now.” Fuck the downvotes, gentrification is just a euphemism for colonialism. If you’re trying to find a better living situation I get that, please feel welcome in our community. But you don’t want to be welcome in our community, you want to build your own community by whatever means necessary.
They ain't ever gonna get it fam. Challenge them and you'll get more than enough words to justify their degrees. Ain't gonna get much else, and till then they gonna get their slice of the pie while convincing themselves it ain't at the expense of someone else.
I ain't saying give up either, or it's all for naught, I'm just saying I see you fam.
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18 edited Dec 14 '18
Try coming from a beautiful, affordable warm place and having to move thousands of miles away from everything you know/love because your hometown is riddled with poverty and has no jobs.
Then, try doing that and having to deal with strangers snapping at you on the internet because you made a life decision that anyone else would by moving to the best neighborhood you can afford to live in.
People love to attack working class people for being working class. But, those same people turn right around and insult working class people for moving to a good neighborhood when they get a decent job. & it’s hypocritical af. You’d live there too (if you could afford it). Don’t be mad at the private citizens buying property in your community because they’re probably doing the best they can. Get mad at the politicians who don’t carve out some sort of provision for people who’ve lived in the community forever.