Today in gentrification: Cabrini-Green apts starting at $3200

[Unknown Poster]

gentrification or whatever you wanna call it that increases property value is good for ANY one who owns property.

I have alerts set up on my phone that shows all homes being sold in my neighborhood and what they're selling for. I want to see more home ownership. that means less renters and no empty boarded up houses.

I just wish we could take advantage of it more.

It's depressing seeing more black people leave and more whites move in...especially since they have no desire to integrate or associate with the locals/natives.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Thank you for pointing out that the hood isn't a place but people. And it's nothing wrong with not wanting to live amongst undesirable just because you share a complexion and phenotype.

I did just that though. Move to the hood to be around more black folks. LOL. Probably one of the few to do that.

But yeah, I lived in white neighborhoods in Pittsburgh on my own (Oakland, South Side, Friendship)....It's not the same. When I moved in, people were friendly and talked to me...later on those same people would pretend they didn't see me when I said hi to them and blatantly ignore me or get frightened around my presence (especially at night). This is literally before I moved to NYC in 2012.

Near the end I got evicted by my landlord for making too much noise (I was producing music) two days before my college graduation. He said he'd help me move...when it was time for me to move all my stuff out, he never showed up. I had to do it all by myself in 8 hours.

Two days later, I forgot some things and went to get them back...the locks were already changed. The next day my landlord had moved some russian kid in that apartment and it was almost like I never lived there.

For as much pride as I have being born and raised there, Pittsburgh is an intensely racist city.

 

[prime]

my in laws live in matteson. they're retired tho, so they good.

I just saw a news story about crete-monee high school. they were basically calling it "fight school" cuz every day black folks are up there fighting and posting the videos on social media

Parents outraged after viral video shows string of suburban HS brawls

and the folks interviewed on the news were very upset about it (rightfully so). I believe monee has some high property taxes, so if that kinda foolishness was happening where I'm paying all that property tax, then I'd be mad as hell too.

yeah those are the kids from university park the apartments in UP is noting but people from Harvey,Chicago heights and the city so Crete-Monee is hood as fukk now just like bloom,rich east and Thornton

 

[womanareliars]

Welcome to NYC 15 years ago. It was only a matter of time. They'll eventually push all the c00ns out of Englewood and skateboarders will be living there. Y'all nikkas better start learning to read and count cause the "I need a skilled position to live here" revolution has arrived in Chicago.

 

[@OffHalsted]

Whites are literally taking every inch of the city back. All areas close to downtown or accessible by expressways are being redeveloped. Even undesirable places like Englewood. They aren't renovating Kennedy king or building whole food for nothing. Just look at that for example. Whole foods in Englewood. Who can really afford those prices? I mean if they placed a jewel, Walmart, etc I can see but whole foods? Open your eyes people

Englewood ain't gettin took over by whites because they're surrounded blacks.. East/West/North/SouthThe blackparts which are gone get took is 35th to 43th state to the lakeThey want the lowend more than englewood...

Suggest we start drawing the line

 

[beenz]

yeah those are the kids from university park the apartments in UP is noting but people from Harvey,Chicago heights and the city so Crete-Monee is hood as fukk now just like bloom,rich east and Thornton

sounds like they are moving those folks further and further south into the cornfields.

 

[beenz]

Englewood ain't gettin took over by whites because they're surrounded blacks.. East/West/North/SouthThe blackparts which are gone get took is 35th to 43th state to the lakeThey want the lowend more than englewood...

Suggest we start drawing the line

you never know. 55th street is the border of englewood and back of the yards. and you basically see the shift from black to mexican starting there. you never know. they build that obama library in washington park, then that's only a 2 minute drive from englewood.

another thing is garfield blvd is the main route for folks driving to midway airport. sooner or later, they're gonna come thru and kick all them nikkas up off that garfield corridor.

 

[Nomad1]

this is even happening in toronto too

 

[Sunalmighty]

Welcome to NYC 15 years ago. It was only a matter of time. They'll eventually push all the c00ns out of Englewood and skateboarders will be living there. Y'all nikkas better start learning to read and count cause the "I need a skilled position to live here" revolution has arrived in Chicago.

 

[Sunalmighty]

Why don't some of these niccas pool their resources and buy up a few duplexes??? I swear to God it's like a pattern when it comes to niccas getting pushed out. Too many niccas would rather gangbang and when Woodstock comes to town, they end up displaced

 

[Hey_zeus]

one thing about all this gentrification is that the cats that are robbing folks and doing petty crime have started migrating up north to do their crimes. I mean, instead of taking the risk of robbing poor blacks, they take the same risk and rob rich because there's a greater potential reward with the same amount of risk.

You ain't never lied I stay in Lakeview and its always like shooting/robbery at gunpoint every weekend nowadays. My white neighbor tried to tell me how wrigleyville is becoming the hood.

 

[MalikReloaded]

I don't really feel bad. Black people act like there's no such thing as "class". As if because we're all Black, we should always want to live among each other. No. I don't want to live next to the nikkas who lived in Cabrini Green anymore than white people want to live next to dirt poor meth heads. Good, well to do, educated black families, I'd welcome them. A bunch of violent criminal drug dealers and black disciples. FOH.

 

[Sunalmighty]

I don't really feel bad. Black people act like there's no such thing as "class". As if because we're all Black, we should always want to live among each other. No. I don't want to live next to the nikkas who lived in Cabrini Green anymore than white people want to live next to dirt poor meth heads. Good, well to do, educated black families, I'd welcome them. A bunch of violent criminal drug dealers and black disciples. FOH.

Same here. Them niccas kill property value.

 

[How Sway?]

Lol Harvey BEEN ratchet brehs (no offense @Milk N Cookies )
Even before the projects were torn down. Same with maywood, chicago heights, robbins, parts of aurora etc.

I do remember when most of the south burbs still pretty decent in the 90s

 

[How Sway?]

I don't really feel bad. Black people act like there's no such thing as "class". As if because we're all Black, we should always want to live among each other. No. I don't want to live next to the nikkas who lived in Cabrini Green anymore than white people want to live next to dirt poor meth heads. Good, well to do, educated black families, I'd welcome them. A bunch of violent criminal drug dealers and black disciples. FOH.

For real!
But they don't hear you though

I don't even know what some folks here are complaining about. C-B was a disaster, as we're ALL of the high rise projects throughout the city. They were beyond repair. Except for maybe a select few buildings that were renovated