thecoffeecake1 t1_j0ad9w0 wrote
Reply to comment by Dryheavemorning in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning
Lol poor and shitty, spoken like someone who has a firm understanding of the American inner city and plenty of respect for our communities and the people in them.
Fuck off.
Dryheavemorning OP t1_j0ba2h5 wrote
Lol, "inner city," is just another term for poor and shitty. No one calls Fairmount or Nolibs the inner city despite a similar geographic location.
thecoffeecake1 t1_j0cbtej wrote
No it's not, you're clearly a dumbass with very little academic or real world exposure to anything you're trying to lecture people about.
Dryheavemorning OP t1_j0cpggp wrote
What is your definition of "inner city" then if you're such an expert? Why is "inner city" culture something we want to sustain when it never refers to a prosperous and safe neighborhood? I focused on housing policy during law school, your expertise seems to be Darrell Clarke style NIMBYism.
thecoffeecake1 t1_j0cr3wf wrote
Resorting to waving your diploma around is a pretty pathetic move, but I have an urban studies degree tough guy.
Dryheavemorning OP t1_j0cs7k2 wrote
So you claimed I had no academic experience, I gave it to you, and I'm the one waving a diploma around? Fucking moronic. So you have no alternative definition of "inner city" or any reason why it's worth preserving? Super strong case for keeping a neighborhood of suburban style projects immediately adjacent to Center City.
thecoffeecake1 t1_j0cvy9n wrote
Ok, let's go back to that.
First of all, I agreed with you that what they did with Richard Allen wasn't ideal. But do you know what was there before, or what the area was like before they redeveloped it? The outcome wasn't great, but I understand why they tried it out - and it's certainly s lot better than it was in the 80's and 90's.
It's also not the worst thing that could be there. It's not the end of the world that there are twins with backyards. But it's not my community. I don't live in Richard Allen, and whatever they do or don't do with it should be up to the families that have been there for, in some cases, generations. Your suggestion of evicting an entire community's worth of people so they can build condos and flood the area with people from everywhere else is a terrible one, that benefits only a handful of people - none of whom currently live here or have a vested interest in the neighborhood.
I also don't disagree that public housing projects are a bad solution to a major problem - but evicting Richard Allen and throwing thousands of people's lives into chaos isn't the solution, and it won't help create a better one. It just moves the problem somewhere else.
You're a lawyer, go ahead and reform public housing, figure out how to integrate better section 8 policies, push for PHA to buy and maintain individual housing units & scattered sites instead of constructing projects, and then we can have a conversation about what replaces Richard Allen, and the Spring Garden Apartments, Harrison, etc.
But any redevelopment that happens in this neighborhood, I won't be supporting anything that's higher density than what exists now. The character of the neighborhood has always been lower density row housing. If I wanted to be surrounded by tacky, high density condo buildings, I wouldn't live here. That's not what this neighborhood is, and no one here wants to see it torn apart.
If there's more demand than there is housing, too fucking bad. Find a different neighborhood to live in. There are plenty.
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