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SachaCuy t1_je9g3ag wrote

Reply to comment by jl250 in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2

>Imagine seeing businesses/capital/professionals/full service buildings *fucking finally* arriving up to Harlem and thinking that's a bad thing, and pining for the days of dodging muggers and crackheads.

  1. full service building means more expensive, its not like you get the extra services for free. Hence people get priced out.
  2. There are no muggers or crackheads in the photo, that is you projecting. I know the 80s had more muggers and crack heads but the person is reminiscing on lost youth and sense of place and you are shouting 'danger danger' like that scared robot.
  3. Where did the post say its a good / bad thing. Just said things change with time. Why you trying to be like that?

What is extra stuff for free is look at the prices of old TVs compared to what you can get for the same dollar (not inflation adjusted) now.

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jl250 t1_je9hkef wrote

>you are shouting 'danger danger' like that scared robot.

Or maybe I am speaking from experience because my aunt and grandmother lived in the projects on 115th and 2nd ave from 1982 - 2020, where I was also born, and spend my life visiting and seeing crazy shit.

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Inglewood_baby t1_jebfdqg wrote

There are still projects and you still have to keep your head on a swivel around them. The issue wasn't w places getting better and safer, but who has been allowed to stay to experience that increased safety in their community. Obviously

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Tall-Ad5755 t1_jeco43m wrote

Therein lies the contradiction though.

The neighborhoods got safer because certian people got pushed out (not all).

So it’s a double edged sword.

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Inglewood_baby t1_jecusi2 wrote

People living in these areas has never been the issue, the issue is clearly larger right and it's just easier to blame people who are trying to survive.

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