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re: Historically black neighborhoods in lafayette fear gentrification pushing them out.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 6:48 pm to A Smoke Break
Posted on 4/30/21 at 6:48 pm to A Smoke Break
What "developments" are they talking about? It all looks pretty shitty down there to me.
Plus, that area has a lot of social service facilities, like the soup kitchen, that will always attract a stream of dregs coming in and out of there, mostly by foot.
Plus, that area has a lot of social service facilities, like the soup kitchen, that will always attract a stream of dregs coming in and out of there, mostly by foot.
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 6:56 pm to A Smoke Break
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leaders say unpaid taxes, liens, need for repairs and foreclosure are all reasons people are losing their homes.
No fricking shite
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losing homes that have been in their families for generations
Soooo, sell the home that is now skyrocketing up in value and pay off the above like a normal tax paying citizen
why does every article treat black people like children who can’t manage their lives
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 4/30/21 at 7:06 pm to Niamey Vice
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Why is gentrification looked down upon but black people moving into historically white neighborhoods not?
Just because
Posted on 4/30/21 at 7:19 pm to Jcorye1
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Gentrification is racist, white flight is racist, and not wanting section 8 is racist for some reason too, which is hilarious when you think about it because the people saying it's racist are assuming Blacks are poor.
Urban Renewal is now racist but was demanded by the POC community in years past...
Posted on 4/30/21 at 7:26 pm to Jcorye1
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Gentrification is racist, white flight is racist, and not wanting section 8 is racist for some reason too, which is hilarious when you think about it because the people saying it's racist are assuming Blacks are poor.
"Poor kids are just as talented as white kids" - Joseph R. Biden, 2020
Posted on 4/30/21 at 7:39 pm to Upperdecker
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Wait, are you telling me that unpaid taxes, liens, and foreclosures shouldn’t result in people losing their homes?
And/or should be celebrated as part of a rich culture.
Now you’ve got it!
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:03 pm to HighlyFavoredTiger
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these are the same issues that have prevented some of the sections of I-49 from being completed in Shreveport
Almost 30 years and that shite looks the same north of 20 at the 49 interchange.....
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:07 pm to A Smoke Break
Lafayette has been around since the early 1800s - so how historically black are we talking about?
Has it been black since then? After the civil war? The 1920s?? Or since white flight in the 1960s?? (Which really isn’t that long ago)
Has it been black since then? After the civil war? The 1920s?? Or since white flight in the 1960s?? (Which really isn’t that long ago)
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:22 pm to A Smoke Break
When the gays move in the blacks move out. Blacks Hate gays
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:46 pm to A Smoke Break
I own a rental property in the LaPlace neighborhood (currently renting it to college students), Habitat for Humanity builds a lot of homes near the area for residents to buy in the area and it's a well run program (residents have to pay rent and maintain the house before given full ownership).
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:47 pm to A Smoke Break
quote:So this guy is a bishop for a segment of the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation.
Bishop John Milton, Esq
Being a protestant, I've never heard of this church. Wiki says it's "an independent church for people who favored an Afrocentric but quasi-Catholic worship style."
Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation Wiki
quote:With Lafayette having it's own Bishop, I bet there a lot more than six cities being home to these churches now.
As of 2009, there are Imani Temple congregations in six cities of the United States
Never too old to learn something new.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 11:55 pm to chinese58
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quasi-Catholic
Posted on 5/1/21 at 5:40 am to Niamey Vice
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historically white neighborhoods not?
Hey, hey, you can’t say that!!! That’s racist!
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:26 am to Tiger Prawn
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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?
Work?? For money??? Haha yeah right!
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 7:28 am
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:57 am to A Smoke Break
I've wondered about this thinking.
Take new Orleans for instance. Why would specifically black people be forced to leave their home? If you are talking about raising value of the homes in the area, wouldn't that be a good thing if you already lived there?
Take new Orleans for instance. Why would specifically black people be forced to leave their home? If you are talking about raising value of the homes in the area, wouldn't that be a good thing if you already lived there?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:59 am to dgnx6
They probably rent and the landlords are raising the rents on them when leases expire, or selling the property.
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 8:00 am
Posted on 5/1/21 at 8:32 am to LouisianaLady
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They probably rent and the landlords are raising the rents on them when leases expire, or selling the property.
Im white and this is exactly what happened to me, landlord sold. But my black and Hispanic neighbors are still there.
I'm just saying this has nothing to do with race.
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 8:34 am
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:08 am to sec13rowBBseat28
Boom! Exactly. I'm black and totally agree. It's a damn shame we buy what we want and beg for what we need. I live in Gwinnett County, GA and watched my local area go from pretty rural and undeveloped in 2002, to borderline suburban ghetto in 2021. Gunshots on the regular, Section 8, fast food trash thrown out of car windows into yards. People celebrated because the county switched from red to blue on no basis whatsoever. Me and my wife are trying to get the hell away from here. 
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:37 am to madddoggydawg
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than the abandoned communities
what, specifically, was abandoned? how did that occur? do you think there was a master plan, if so, who was pulling the strings, specifically? if not, then what tactile (not an esoteric or intangible) reasoning are you suggesting for tens of thousands of independent people making similarly-minded decisions?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:39 am to LouisianaLady
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They probably rent and the landlords are raising the rents on them when leases expire, or selling the property.
the implication in OP is that these are family homes, so i think the bigger issue is property taxes (hence the liens)
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