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Ditovontease t1_iu5z8hw wrote

Reply to comment by BugggJuice in y'all notice traffic getting consistently worse? by mrstillbirth

Cheap rent and no traffic left. Which was a huge part of the charm and culture. Now I see this place turning into NOVA. No cheap rent = less artists and more god damn yuppies who make posts like “don’t park in Oregon hill if you plan to go to the folk festival”

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goodsam2 t1_iu6du9f wrote

I mean that's why I say preserving buildings means less buildings and higher rents and kills the culture.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_iu72iad wrote

Yep. Plus old buildings are fucking expensive to maintain. Fuck old buildings and their rats and roaches.

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goodsam2 t1_iu72wli wrote

There's a balance here but not everything is worth maintaining being old.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_iu739et wrote

Forgive my bitterness.

I bought into an old building, which I don’t regret necessarily, but a $11,000 per unit adjustment are brutal. I would have to charge $2000 in rent just to break even. All to preserve the look of a historically all white neighborhood with the monuments as mascots.

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