Friday, November 12, 2010

Re: Salman Rushdie and me

gentrified a lot in the past 10 years

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Travis <baconlard@gmail.com> wrote:
I lived at 15th and Rhode Island Ave. 

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Bruce Majors <majors.bruce@gmail.com> wrote:
almost

there are a few neighborhoods of well to do blacks too

but DC's population is getting whiter and richer, as bureaucrats who make $150,000 move in and force poorer blacks out


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM, GregfromBoston <greg.vincent@yahoo.com> wrote:
Rock and Roll sir!

My point is that the only middle class in DC are tourists.

Ya got butt reeking rich white politicos in castles, and black people
in refrigerator boxes on the river.  There is no gray!

I lived at the Watergate.  How fucking cool is THAT!

On Nov 11, 12:37 pm, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> actually my guidelines included many black neighborhoods as safe
>
> Crestwood, Colonial Village, Shepherd's Park, 16th Street Heights
>
> Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews think the blacks they saw there are the
> help, not the homeowners, because they are upper middle class black
> neighborhoods, which DC has had for decades
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:14 PM, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > "noting that most of the neighborhoods to avoid were African American"
> > ----------------------
>
> > Duh!  Have these idiots ever been to DC???  I lived there.
>
> > Which DC neighborhood exactly, that isn't owned by white people in
> > Brownstones and Marble castles, and diplomatic plates, isn't African
> > American???
>
> > Dear lord, did I miss the downtrodden Swedish community in DC?
>
> > On Nov 11, 12:02 pm, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-28/bruce-major...
>
> > > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-28/bruce-major..
> > .>Tommy
> > > is jealous
>
> > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:59 AM, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com
> > >wrote:
>
> > > > Sounds like good advise.  You take a wrong turn in DC and you're in a
> > > > world of hurt
>
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