will my flags come down?-humboldt pk invasion (Chicago: low income, buy)

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Banx

why can't the hipsters stay in Belmont or Wrigleyville or Lakeview or something? Why shove ur culture down everybody's throat?

Holy crap. Did I just hear a Hispanic whine about culture being shoved down his throat?!?! Now I've heard it all!


You want the bottom line, pal? The entire country has Hispanic culture shoved down their throats on a daily basis. Now you have to deal with a little reverse treatment and you whine and cry? Like we've had to do... DEAL WITH IT.

[Steve-o]

Oh, and another thing, if people/races were restricted to just certain neighborhoods, then this country would be back to square one, the VERY thing we've tried so hard in the past to abolish. This entire thread is racist rubbish, no matter what the OP says. Different cultures are what makes places like Chicago so special, no matter who moves where. End of story.

[Irishtom29]

The Puerto Ricans bumped from Humboldt Park should move out to Naperville giving it a much needed dose of a different culture.

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Holy crap. Did I just hear a Hispanic whine about culture being shoved down his throat?!?! Now I've heard it all!

[940]

Originally Posted by Mister Mappy

Before Division was Puerto Rican, it was Polish. Very little evidence left of that now. It's just the cycle of neighborhood change.

My next door neighbor was born in Chicago in 1931...he's Polish and grew up in Humboldt Park before it started changing to a mostly PR neighborhood. From the stories he's told me, this same topic could have been the conversation of the day during the 50's when change was occurring then too. Time keeps marching on...

[ChiMack]

its ok in a few years chicago will be probably majority hispanic so you wont have to worry about that lol

[Anthera]

Originally Posted by jdiddy

Which Ukranian Village do you want to stay the same? The one where it was actually Ukranian, or the one when hispanics initially began to move in, or what it is today?

Like I said, things change. And if anyone started a post complaining about how Puerto Ricans are moving into their neighborhood, destroying "the culture", they'd be torn to shreds, and rightly so.

Yet its okay to constantly harp on the horror that is white people moving into neighborhoods. They've got as much right to Humboldt Park as the Puerto Ricans did when it was largely an italian neighborhood. And you've got the right to whine about it on the internet, over and over and over again. And I've got the right to hand you a tissue and tell you its going to be okay.

Exactly.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

The Puerto Ricans bumped from Humboldt Park should move out to Naperville giving it a much needed dose of a different culture.

Nah, there are enough whiners in Naperville as it is.

j/k

[BigTed]

will my flags come down? Humboldt Pk invasion

The only flag that should be flying in any city or suburb in the United States is the American flag so the Puerto Rican flags should be taken down anyway. If you're so proud to be Puerto Rican, then move to Puerto Rico where they have the Puerto Rican flag flying all over. Even people who just have the Italian, Mexican etc flags on their cars tick me off because we're in the United States. If you're so proud to be Italian, Mexican or Puerto Rican (nobody is saying that you don't have that right), then go live in Italy, Mexico or Puerto Rico. I'm not trying to sound righteous but I'm proud to be American and I don't walking around trying to oppress and force my culture on others like a good number of Italians, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans tend to do. People of all nationalities annoy me but people from those nationalities tend to irritate me the most.

[Banx]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Holy crap. Did I just hear a Hispanic whine about culture being shoved down his throat?!?! Now I've heard it all!


You want the bottom line, pal? The entire country has Hispanic culture shoved down their throats on a daily basis. Now you have to deal with a little reverse treatment and you whine and cry? Like we've had to do... DEAL WITH IT.

Yeah I realize that, and if u read my posts in the Illegal Immigration forum here, you'll see I say the same exact thing about illegal immigrants and Mexicans who don't adjust to our American culture. Check it out.