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Character_Macaron133 t1_j26qujt wrote

The inquirer even called the change in the neighborhood a whitewashing versus gentrification

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GooFoYouPal t1_j26x17w wrote

My family has lived in Fairmount since the 40s. It was Irish, Eastern European, and Puerto Rican.

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TreeMac12 t1_j28qk0d wrote

If everyone was entitled to subsidized housing based on where their family once lived, everyone in South Jersey and Delco with an Italian grandmother would get a free house in South Philly.

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_j2b528m wrote

Cool, what were the demographics in 1920?

Neighborhoods change.

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