Suburban Poverty: Atlanta's Hidden Epidemic

[Apollo Creed]

shyt, it's like this in the south in general. The suburban areas can be some of the WORST.

yea its low key the juug. Especially factoring all these transplants coming and buying cheap lol the govt gonna be like gotcha and poison the water or something since its so many of us in the burbs and screwing up the burbs won't have major impact on the major city.

 

[Poitier]

This is nothing new. Grew up with Section 8 nikkas and 6 figure nikkas right next to each other.

 

[Rawtid]

US will look like Europe in the next 20-30 where the poor are on the outskirts and the wealthy are in the inner cities. They already did it pretty much in NYC

This is how it used to be before they (white America) changed their mind and decided they wanted to be in the cities again. Blacks used to live in rural/suburban areas, while whites lived in the city. The city became so dirty disgusting, they decided they wanted to be out in the 'burbs. Why do you think most housing projects in most major cities are sitting on such prime real estate? They put us there! Now they want to take it back and are doing so one housing unit at a time.

 

[keond]

Also businesses don't buy in black areas in atlanta. You'll be hard press to find whole foods and sprouts in the black suburbs. They planned for this long ago though.....

Or Starbucks, Chick Fila or Publix. They got plenty of Checkers, Food Depot, and Dolla stores tho.

I noticed they tryna stash nikkas up and down 20 and 75. Cacs on 85 and 400

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Black people come to Maryland. Baltimore-DC Metro is one big pot of #blackexcellence

 

[Ol’Otis]

this is why i said I'm not leaving South LA

i can smell the mayonnaise a mile away
we use miracle whip over here

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

me and my grandma talk about this...in buffalo , blacks are getting gentrified out into the burbs and w ppl/arabs are moving to the city....and in 20 years...black ppl will be out there with no jobs, no bus line...no transportation..

This

Schools and hospitals too far
Have to drive to work
You are fukked without transit
Basically stranded in the middle of nowhere.

This reverse migration stuff will not end well. People should be more aware. Relinquishing city living is not the wave

 

[JBoy]

burbs are absolute trash if you ain't solidly middle class at least

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

My family in the A always asking us for help. That's why i don't think I wanna move there because I kno there will be a lot of family members with their hands out

 

[1 other person]

It's a cycle, back in the days they pushed Blacks into the inner cities. Now they're pushing Blacks into some suburbs. In the far future Blacks will get pushed back into the cities. Wash, rinse, repeat

 

[Apollo Creed]

It's a cycle, back in the days they pushed Blacks into the inner cities. Now they're pushing Blacks into some suburbs. In the far future Blacks will get pushed back into the cities. Wash, rinse, repeat

Aint gonna be no world after this, no humans at least

 

[Rawtid]

It's a cycle, back in the days they pushed Blacks into the inner cities. Now they're pushing Blacks into some suburbs. In the far future Blacks will get pushed back into the cities. Wash, rinse, repeat

Yep. This is why we need to increase ownership through multi-family/generational living. Having multiple people in a household with steady incomes is way more stable than one or two people trying to make it. That way when the gentrification train pops up, we have the ability to stay put.

 

[1 other person]

Yep. This is why we need to increase ownership through multi-family/generational living. Having multiple people in a household with steady incomes is way more stable than one or two people trying to make it. That way when the gentrification train pops up, we have the ability to stay put.

Maybe, but we lost our strong since of family we use to have. Parents nowadays can't wait for when their kids turn 18 - to run them off somewhere. I've seen small families of 3 and 4 people with old family homes with 4 bedrooms, and they couldn't get along. I remember being run out and it was just 3 of us, couldn't get along with the older man in the house.

 

[cjlaw93]

Most people in the "burbs" are living paycheck to paycheck with more expenses than "poor" people and horrible budgeting skills and spending habits

 

[Rawtid]

Maybe, but we lost our strong since of family we use to have. Parents nowadays can't wait for when their kids turn 18 - to run them off somewhere. I've seen small families of 3 and 4 people with old family homes with 4 bedrooms, and they couldn't get along. I remember being run out and it was just 3 of us, couldn't get along with the older man in the house.

I feel you, but even if not with families, then with friends or even turning bigger houses into multi-family units with separate living spaces. I just don't think living by yourself or even having two adults working cuts it anymore.