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Originally Posted by tcave360
"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 |
For the most part probably the best post of the bunch, and I can admit it as a transplant.
One has to realize that these changes are not all good. The lower crime rate and tax revenue is a good thing, the sky high price of housing is not.
Thinking about this, one of the possible solutions is to make it harder to do condo conversions on class B buildings which are mostly rent controlled in the district.
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