DISQUS

tiffany · 2 years ago

In Atlanta, they've basically forced poor people out to the suburbs. Most of the worst projects are gone and have been replaced by "mixed income" public housing. only in one such complex, the median household income is around $50K. trust me when i say that $50K goes a long way in the A.

but what's somewhat different about atlanta is that white flight was followed by middle-class black flight. so now black businesses and power brokers are thriving in the suburbs.

i don't think there is a balance, to tell the truth. a more cynical version might be: "who wants to live around po' folks" -- of any shade?

most folks want to live near people who are like them, therefore it doesn't surprise me that mixed-income, mixed-race neighborhoods don't work out so well.

The Housekeeper · 1 year ago

This kind of move only benfits the people making it, not the people who actually are living there at the time. Sure, the area itself is now way nore upwardly-mobile and better off than previously, and this can truthfully be reported. The people who used to live there don't benefit though, if anything they're penalised by being forced to uproot. This doesn't get reported locally as everyone does it and all local papers have political fealties. This is why it's only the British who can dispassionately and independently report on these matters.

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