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^ well what would you do with the whiners if it was your choice?
Send them to college and/or trade school to make them more competitive in the job market so they can actually maybe afford to live where they want. Also educate them on economics, money and investing. I would ask them what exactly they want to do with there lives outside of "not leaving DC".
The key is finding the root causes of their bellyachin' and removing it
Send them to college and/or trade school to make them more competitive in the job market so they can actually maybe afford to live where they want. Also educate them on economics, money and investing. I would ask them what exactly they want to do with there lives outside of "not leaving DC".
The key is finding the root causes of their bellyachin' and removing it
Do you support any groups that further that cause either with your time or money??
NOPE. I've got my own problems.... And I'm too busy fixing them to whine about them
Right... that's what thought. You're really not interested in solving any problems in this city you'd prefer to just sweep them under the rug. Good Luck with that one.
Right... that's what thought. You're really not interested in solving any problems in this city you'd prefer to just sweep them under the rug. Good Luck with that one.
Well, it's arguable that anyone living within DC is directly contributing to job training and workforce development programs through the taxes we pay and the political values we have chosen to support as a broader community.
After all, one of the benefits of renewed development and investment in the city is that you have a growing middle / upper middle class population that does not require social services but contributes significant tax dollars to adequately fund social service programs, including the Mayor's successful One City One Hire program.
When DC was losing its tax base and the government was taken over by the feds in the 90s, that was not the case.
Well, it's arguable that anyone living within DC is directly contributing to job training and workforce development programs through the taxes we pay and the political values we have chosen to support as a broader community.
After all, one of the benefits of renewed development and investment in the city is that you have a growing middle / upper middle class population that does not require social services but contributes significant tax dollars to adequately fund social service programs, including the Mayor's successful One City One Hire program.
When DC was losing its tax base and the government was taken over by the feds in the 90s, that was not the case.
I think the One city One hire program program is nice in theory. But I really don't think that it works all that well.
"Why do DC natives believe they 'own' DC?" is what was your OP headliner.
You didn't say "some", by not including that, some of us on this thread are getting the feeling that you're making wide-sweeping generalizations of an entire population of local born & bred Washingtonians and grouping them into a single category of anti-gentrifying moochers and nostalgic for the bad ol' murda capitol day lovers without much consideration
Honestly, I'm usually mixed towards gentrification and I do like the fact that it has made the housing stock in The City much more valuable and attractive to would-be renters and buyers as well as the ongoing revitalization of some of the once-struggling and derelict neighborhoods, yet at the same time, gentrification does have a negative way of making things not too affordable for the honest working class and lower to mid-middle class demographics who once made up the backbone of America's cities and who made them great in the first place in their own right without the pretention. I love the fact that DC is becoming more international and cosmopolitan as the years go by, but it is really sobering to see the local culture slowly getting priced out of DC. I mean, most of it has ended up in the burbs especially here in PG, but I always love going into the city environment to experience it firsthand. Very mixed indeed.
But anyway, regarding your reply. It would be wise to take your own advice and double-check your own OP hehe
Perhaps someone should start a thread title "Why do all these transplants believe they 'own' DC?". It would be very interesting to study your reactions
"Why do DC natives believe they 'own' DC?" is what was your OP headliner.
You didn't say "some", by not including that, some of us on this thread are getting the feeling that you're making wide-sweeping generalizations of an entire population of local born & bred Washingtonians and grouping them into a single category of anti-gentrifying moochers and nostalgic for the bad ol' murda capitol day lovers without much consideration
Honestly, I'm usually mixed towards gentrification and I do like the fact that it has made the housing stock in The City much more valuable and attractive to would-be renters and buyers as well as the ongoing revitalization of some of the once-struggling and derelict neighborhoods, yet at the same time, gentrification does have a negative way of making things not too affordable for the honest working class and lower to mid-middle class demographics who once made up the backbone of America's cities and who made them great in the first place in their own right without the pretention. I love the fact that DC is becoming more international and cosmopolitan as the years go by, but it is really sobering to see the local culture slowly getting priced out of DC. I mean, most of it has ended up in the burbs especially here in PG, but I always love going into the city environment to experience it firsthand. Very mixed indeed.
But anyway, regarding your reply. It would be wise to take your own advice and double-check your own OP hehe
Perhaps someone should start a thread title "Why do all these transplants believe they 'own' DC?". It would be very interesting to study your reactions
"Why do DC natives believe they 'own' DC?" is what was your OP headliner.
You didn't say "some", by not including that, some of us on this thread are getting the feeling that you're making wide-sweeping generalizations of an entire population of local born & bred Washingtonians and grouping them into a single category of anti-gentrifying moochers and nostalgic for the bad ol' murda capitol day lovers without much consideration
Honestly, I'm usually mixed towards gentrification and I do like the fact that it has made the housing stock in The City much more valuable and attractive to would-be renters and buyers as well as the ongoing revitalization of some of the once-struggling and derelict neighborhoods, yet at the same time, gentrification does have a negative way of making things not too affordable for the honest working class and lower to mid-middle class demographics who once made up the backbone of America's cities and who made them great in the first place in their own right without the pretention. I love the fact that DC is becoming more international and cosmopolitan as the years go by, but it is really sobering to see the local culture slowly getting priced out of DC. I mean, most of it has ended up in the burbs especially here in PG, but I always love going into the city environment to experience it firsthand. Very mixed indeed.
But anyway, regarding your reply. It would be wise to take your own advice and double-check your own OP hehe
Perhaps someone should start a thread title "Why do all these transplants believe they 'own' DC?". It would be very interesting to study your reactions
Looks like that's not gonna happen....
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