bridgeport/canaryville (Lincoln: apartment, loan, houses)

[ajolotl]

I totally agree, was responding more to the idea that "yuppie scum" would somehow be some kind of scourge on the south side. Seems more than a bit farfetched. For me ideally solid middle class families would move back to the city. The cost/benefit now still benefits the suburbs for most I would say.

[southsidehitman]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

I don't think there are enough Yuppies to fill in all the areas that people hope will fill with them.

Now if we can attact all the skilled, high paid blue collar people who live in the burbs but have roots in the city back to it we could have something going. And more "diversity" too.

amen to that

[southsidehitman]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

I don't think there are enough Yuppies to fill in all the areas that people hope will fill with them.

Now if we can attact all the skilled, high paid blue collar people who live in the burbs but have roots in the city back to it we could have something going. And more "diversity" too.

bridgeport doesnt need to gentrify thouigh its always been a pretty stable area and i still consider it mostly blue collar now if an area such a austin or garfield park or which my family has roots in could gentrify in that way it would be a truly beatiful thing it will never happen though or the south shore is a lot more realistic

[southsidehitman]

basically i just dont want yuppies coming in raising my rent n puting starbucks on every corner n tearing down beatiful brick buidling n building new devolopments i have a lot of neighborhood pride ive lived in bridgeport my whole life my dads from garfield park n my moms from brighton park n they lost both of those neighborhoods i dont wanna loose mine

[surlycue]

^^they certainly didn't lose Garfield Park and Brighton to yuppies though. shouldn't you be as upset at gangbangers as you are at yuppies?

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by southsidehitman

bridgeport doesnt need to gentrify thouigh its always been a pretty stable area and i still consider it mostly blue collar now if an area such a austin or garfield park or which my family has roots in could gentrify in that way it would be a truly beatiful thing it will never happen though or the south shore is a lot more realistic

I grew up in Austin and it was a mix of social classes; white and blue collar and cops, firemen and city workers too. Mr. Collins next door was the precinct captain and had a job at city hall telling you what elevator to get in.

My father was a white collar guy, an engineer. And his pals ran the gamut from business owners to lawyers to construction workers to Outfit guys. Now back then young white collar guys weren't "yuppies", they were just regular guys by and large. We need to attract those people back to the city too. We need more "regular guys", regardless of their social standing.

And yuppies too, Hell, my own daughter and her husband in West Town are yuppies I suppose but they're good kids. And another daughter lives in...gasp....Bucktown. Hard to dislike yuppies when they're your own kids, know what I mean?

[Chi-town Native]

the meaning of the word yuppie has been lost in Chicago - when I was a kid, yuppie was introduced as a "young upwardly-moble professional," to distinguish a person who was in Chicago to climb a corporate ladder from those here to raise families, regardless of what they did. my dad was a lawyer, yet hung out in the garage fixing an old Model A many nights, having a beer with the cop next door, talking to passersby- it was actually very much like my alley now, except it's all Mexicans, who I think largely may be pretending to fix a car in order to avoid the family (my dad might have done the same, but he was divorced so that wasn't the motivation), as the cars always have the hoods up, but very rarely do I see a guy with any tools doing anything, I'd guess 1/4 of the cars are being repaired, the others are decoys.

and I can't fix one of these Japanese cars to save my life, it's hard enough just getting the battery out of those things. great blizzard took down the garage roof and destroyed the car, but he only got it running a dozen or so times anyway. pretty fun times when it did make it around the neighborhood, though!

[otters21]

Originally Posted by surlycue

^^they certainly didn't lose Garfield Park and Brighton to yuppies though. shouldn't you be as upset at gangbangers as you are at yuppies?

Hopefully Brighton Park can be reclaimed by the decent folk whether they are yuppie or blue collar. It seems not too long ago it was a nice area and the scumball trash moved in and ruined it. (not that I have any thing against Hispanics, most seem nice and want a chance to prove themselves but I have a problem with the gangstas, thugs and the criminal element). As far as East Garfield is concerned there is small inroads of interest of gentrification but it is going to be a hardsell in todays economy. However once the economy picks up , who knows what's going to happen as far as gentrification in EGP is concerned.

[otters21]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

I grew up in Austin and it was a mix of social classes; white and blue collar and cops, firemen and city workers too. Mr. Collins next door was the precinct captain and had a job at city hall telling you what elevator to get in.

My father was a white collar guy, an engineer. And his pals ran the gamut from business owners to lawyers to construction workers to Outfit guys. Now back then young white collar guys weren't "yuppies", they were just regular guys by and large. We need to attract those people back to the city too. We need more "regular guys", regardless of their social standing.

And yuppies too, Hell, my own daughter and her husband in West Town are yuppies I suppose but they're good kids. And another daughter lives in...gasp....Bucktown. Hard to dislike yuppies when they're your own kids, know what I mean?

Great post.

[southsidehitman]

i was sad the other day while going through brighton park i noticed that they have changed the name of the church near 38th and california that my family helped build and the area seems to be a bout 90 somthing percent hispanic not that i have anything against them but i wouldnt wanna live somewhere that was 99 percent hispanic just as a hispanic wouldnt wanna live somwhere that was 99 percent white and yes the other 2 neighborhoods were lost for different reasons but im just scared that gentrification will push me out of my neighboorhood right now in bridgeport you can get a nice place fopr around 700 a month but they keep putung up ecpensive town homes n lofts and im worried my rent will go up and i wont be able to afford it