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re: Historically black neighborhoods in lafayette fear gentrification pushing them out.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:53 am to A Smoke Break
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:53 am to A Smoke Break
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In neighborhoods close to downtown known as 'The Block' and 'La Place' leaders say unpaid taxes, liens, need for repairs and foreclosure are all reasons people are losing their homes.
quote:Here's a novel idea: if you're poor and can't afford repairs or are in danger of losing your house due to tax liens and/or foreclosure, why not take advantage of a hot housing market and increase in property values to sell your house for a higher value than you previously could have. Then use the equity to pay off debts and improve your financial situation?
it can be purchased and developed, which could drive up the cost of nearby homes, making them, in many cases, inaccessible to the people who have long been living here.
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:54 am to A Smoke Break
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unpaid taxes
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factors that are sometimes beyond their control
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am to Upperdecker
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say unpaid taxes, liens, need for repairs and foreclosure are all reasons people are losing their homes.
Wait, are you telling me that unpaid taxes, liens, and foreclosures shouldn’t result in people losing their homes?
Say it aint so, LOL.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am to A Smoke Break
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Historically black neighborhoods in lafayette fear gentrification pushing them out.
Literally the same shite everywhere.
You are racist if you want to live in Ogden Park in Baton Rouge and push rents up. But if you leave for the suburbs, you are racist there too.
So just do whatever you want.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am to Muthsera
The majority of Johnston St could definitely use some cash influx. Evangeline could use the US Army to pave a path through and start over. But it looks like Lafayette is walking south and East.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am to A Smoke Break
In Baton Rouge blacks will move into white neighborhoods as soon as they can financially afford it. I am concerned about losing the “whiteness” of my area. Is there a term for that?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am to Bwmdx
love taking the Thruway out of town because you can sit at a red light at 2pm on a weekday, stare right into the eyes of a 40 year old man sitting on his porch doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and know that he believes in earnest that it's MY fault his house is falling down around him.
it's like the opposite of the Carousel Of Progress at Disney World
it's like the opposite of the Carousel Of Progress at Disney World
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:11 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:57 am to A Smoke Break
If you own your home, keep it up to date on taxes, then no one but the government can force you to sell.
So, pay your taxes, don't get foreclosed on, enjoy the benefits of increased property values.
So, pay your taxes, don't get foreclosed on, enjoy the benefits of increased property values.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:58 am to A Smoke Break
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We have people in my district that are losing homes that have been in their families for generations for factors that are sometimes beyond their control
Living in homes for generations = not paying on a mortgage. And they can't afford the small property tax bill?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:58 am to A Smoke Break
Fair enough to look at the Black community and say "What culture?" But never forget that culture actually exists. Do you not think Europe has culture? They have buildings up today that were first created in the 1300s. If you don't think people trying to make a quick buck here in the US rather than thinking about the long term has a negative effect on the overall quality of life of the average American than you are wrong.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:58 am to A Smoke Break
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"We have people in my district that are losing homes that have been in their families for generations for factors that are sometimes beyond their control,"
Do tell?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:59 am to jmcwhrter
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love taking the Thruway out of town because you can sit at a red light at 2pm on a weekday, stare right into the eyes of a 40 year old man sitting on his porch doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and know that he believes in earnest that it's MY fault his house is falling down around him.
So my daily "drive at 5" then.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:00 am to TheFritz
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Fair enough to look at the Black community and say "What culture?" But never forget that culture actually exists. Do you not think Europe has culture? They have buildings up today that were first created in the 1300s. If you don't think people trying to make a quick buck here in the US rather than thinking about the long term has a negative effect on the overall quality of life of the average American than you are wrong.
Point me to a building in upper lafayette that has any culture that you speak of and I'll buy you a steak at ruth chris.
And northgate mall doesn't count.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:01 am to TheFritz
quote:in Lafayette, la?
They have buildings up today that were first created in the 1300s
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:02 am to A Smoke Break
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Historically black neighborhoods
racist statement
why does the neighborhood have to be black?
Why can't it just be a neighborhood?
when we stop talking about race, we can maybe move forward in a society that isn't racist.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:02 am to TheFritz
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Fair enough to look at the Black community and say "What culture?" But never forget that culture actually exists. Do you not think Europe has culture? They have buildings up today that were first created in the 1300s. If you don't think people trying to make a quick buck here in the US rather than thinking about the long term has a negative effect on the overall quality of life of the average American than you are wrong.
Nah.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:04 am to TeddyPadillac
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Historically black neighborhoods
Where was the sensitivity when forced busing and violence turned a lot of working class white neighborhoods into black neighborhoods?
Here’s a hint. ALL neighborhoods change over time. They cycle through periods of prosperity and decline, then get reinvented and start the process over again. Try to own your own home and take care of your property. That way when gentrification does occur, you can benefit from it.
It’s not racism. It’s just the reality of a dynamic city in a capitalist nation. Claiming one neighborhood is historically black is fine, but that isn’t going to guarantee that the neighborhood won’t become something else in the future. Housing built in the 1930s has naturally turned over ownership at least a few times by now as the owners grow old and die or move around.
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:13 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:04 am to A Smoke Break
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The fear is if the properties in these neighborhoods are bought the long-standing history and culture will be lost.
Because when I'm in bad parts of town where I have to worry about getting robbed, I'm more concerned with the "history and culture" of the area than the cultcha.
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"We have people in my district that are losing homes that have been in their families for generations for factors that are sometimes beyond their control,"
Paying your taxes is inside their control. Not taking out loans you can't repay is inside their control.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:08 am to A Smoke Break
I'm just making a statement about culture in general. This board seems to be very cynical about culture and always seems to relate it to the black community.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:09 am to A Smoke Break
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says Bishop John Milton, Esq.
John's an idiot
That said, I thought the leaders in these communities WANTED investment there? Is that no longer the case?
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