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EOTR has very little street vibrancy. 77% of households in the 20020 zip code own at least one vehicle compared to 40% in the 20009 zip code. There's also no equivalent of 14th Street, M Street, U Street or H Street EOTR.
Whattttt? Ok, I'm about to just stop talking to you. You have nooooooo idea what you're talking about. The streets in Ward 7 and Ward 8 are lit all the time especially when it's hot outside. Sir, you are clueless...
Did you even cross the river when you lived here years ago? This is ridiculous.
Oh I'd love to snatch up a place in that second link. I see some historic houses and the neighborhood has loads of potential.
Give it about ten years and it won't look the same.
Can agree with that. I've checked out some DC property and these neighborhoods across the Anacostia are really beautiful. I'm preferring the density of NE and NW DC a little more right now for renting but I'd definitely buy a house across the river if I'm eventually able to afford it. My issue is the lack of transit in these areas though. DC seems to have great transit but I'm seeing gaps when it comes to certain neighborhoods. National Harbor isn't gonna work because there's not a transit line anywhere near it.
Then you obviously aren't aware of what's going on if SE if you think that's what I'm referring to. It's been a while maybe you need to come back and have a glimpse ehh?
Anacostia, Skyland, St. Elizabeth's/ Congress Heights each are either already thriving or currently constructing this in black majority neighborhoods:
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Oh I'd love to snatch up a place in that second link. I see some historic houses and the neighborhood has loads of potential.
Give it about ten years and it won't look the same.
The second link is two/three blocks away from the urban MLK strip of Congress Heights. That whole area will look different in 5-10 years, once the development above the Metro station kicks off.
Whattttt? Ok, I'm about to just stop talking to you. You have nooooooo idea what you're talking about. The streets in Ward 7 and Ward 8 are lit all the time especially when it's hot outside. Sir, you are clueless...
Did you even cross the river when you lived here years ago? This is ridiculous.
LA has more pedestrian vibrancy than Southeast DC. Not even close, actually.
I'm hoping that most of SE and NE will see substantial investment without substantial displacement.
In Atlanta, redevelopment is planned for West End Mall that's similar:
The displacement is happening, but it’s by middle class to upper class black people and families replacing lower income black families. I tell people all the time that we (educated middle class black people) are gentrifying the neighborhoods over in Ward 7 and Ward 8. Just because we are black doesn’t mean we aren’t gentrifying them. If we were white, they would call us gentrifiers, but because we are black, it’s ok?
Is that really the case? Is there a significant black culture in places like Seattle or Denver? I can't say I've explored a significant amount of the US but I can't imagine every city having a significant black presence throughout them, especially since leaving Atlanta for college and actually experiencing what the rest of Georgia is like. I haven't felt like an actual minority until now and I hate having to go out of my way to find black amenities here (and the population of my college town is 50% black yet you couldn't tell looking at who owns everything around here).
Well in your last post, you said you want "black culture to have a significant presence in the neighborhood." Even Seattle and Denver have a neighborhood or two like this.
That's different from "significant black culture in [city as a whole]"
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