how likely is Baltimore going to get "yuppiefied"? (Ellicott City: house, theatres)

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

Originally Posted by moov

the interracial couple thing is usually between a black man and a chunky white woman who has not a clue that she is only going to be used for a nut.

I've seen these things in the counties too especially PG and Montgomery Counties. I didn't say anything was wrong with it, just saying.

You've identified the steretype! Congratulations! You have identified to all of us how ignorant you are! You win!

[Do a Barrel Roll]

Originally Posted by moov

the interracial couple thing is usually between a black man and a chunky white woman who has not a clue that she is only going to be used for a nut.

I've seen these things in the counties too especially PG and Montgomery Counties. I didn't say anything was wrong with it, just saying.

Not during my walk through Baltimore. Most of the black males who were in interracial relationships were with decent to good looking white chicks. But then again, most of the places visited were the better neighborhoods in Baltimore. The black guy dating a fat white woman scenario is more prevalent in the lower-income socioeconomic class. Not to say Baltimore is some interracial utopia or some west coast worthy, but I was impressed with what I saw during that specific day.

[mrboltonman]

Originally Posted by HandsUpThumbsDown

You've identified the steretype! Congratulations! You have identified to all of us how ignorant you are! You win!

that's funny

[psu1983]

Originally Posted by Max The Dog

I agree with the hostility part. The only population growth this city has experienced comes from yuppie areas. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.

Agreed. Someone needs to provide a tax base for paving the streets that us county folk drive on in the city daily.

[Woodlands]

Baltimore needs more "hipsters". These are the folks that move in before the yuppies... Artist, Musicians et al.. These folk move into areas like Hampden, Charles Village, Station North/Greenmount and exist with the current denizens(i.e. urban pioneers). Eventually the yuppies see that its a 'cool' place to live (read: not so dangerous) and the yups move in and displace the hipsters. They are later joined by empty nesters and other urban retirees. The cycle then starts all over again in an adjoining hood. So the more hipsters we can get to settle across the City then the better off the city will be if this theory holds true.

[Max The Dog]

Originally Posted by DJ Pioneer

Agreed. Someone needs to provide a tax base for paving the streets that us county folk drive on in the city daily.

Oh believe me, I always get a chuckle out of cities that make it miserable for the middle and upper class and then cry when the tax base flees to the suburbs.

You put a smile on my face.

[jacknotion]

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

Whats wrong with Yuppies , they turn bad cities into good cities. Just look at Hoboken & Downtown Jersey City its been yuppified in 10 years and nothing but good has come out of it. Baltimore needs to encourage more Yuppies.

They drive up the cost of living for the good people going to work everyday and trying to survive the best way they can. They don't come in and create jobs that hire the people in the neighborhood. They generally run everyone that can't afford it out.

[jacknotion]

Originally Posted by KennyP

I'm a Yuppie. A lot of my neighbors are yuppies.

We were the ones cleaning our street and spending our own money on salt when the ice/snow storm hit. We spent hours w/ sledgehammers and shovels breaking ice off the street, shoveling, and making our streets and sidewalks passable.

Every Friday, I sweep my block free of broken bottles, cigarette butts, broken flip flops, and trash. The only people that have come outside to help are my fellow Yuppies.

The >real< Baltimore neighbors sit on their stoops and complain. "When will the city get over here and help?" That's the attitude I've learned to hate.

For what? so u can price us out and get rid of us.

[KennyP]

Originally Posted by jacknotion

They drive up the cost of living for the good people going to work everyday and trying to survive the best way they can. They don't come in and create jobs that hire the people in the neighborhood. They generally run everyone that can't afford it out.

I don't know how you can possibly justify that argument. How do yuppies increase the cost of living?

Don't create jobs that hire people? Who do you think is supporting local businesses w/ their dollars? 'Good people just getting by' or people with expendable income? Where the hell are the 'good people getting by' going to work? Who do you think their customers are?

It's short sighted nonsense like you're spouting that makes B'more a pretty crappy place to live. No one really wants change. They want old, dirty, weird B'more w/ 100 year old, crumbling houses.

Well, half your city is boarded up, and the other half is on the way. Enjoy the 19th century.

[jonjj]

Originally Posted by jacknotion

For what? so u can price us out and get rid of us.

Who is "us"?