beenz
Rap Guerilla
To be honest, I don't care if they move all the riff raff out to the south suburbs. They will be away from me and my fam and not have easy access to the city without a car.
Today in gentrification: Cabrini-Green apts starting at $3200
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SeveroDrgnfli
Ain't nobody tryin to get indicted.
I live on MLK. Right off MacArthur exit within a block of Kaiser. I work in Piedmont too. Fam, all I see is crackers and Asians. They hate that I live here too. Koreans Vietnamese Chinese and Crackers are pushing blacks out of Oakland. My rent is the mortgage of a duplex in New Orleans. Lol I could fukking own a duplex for the rent I'm paying. This cracker accused me of stealing his girl's shoes. Lol I did. But fukk him he threw away my Timbs! He couldn't prove it.What part of the west you in? I'm from lower bottom. That shyt turning white as mc donalds butter
The Nigerian
The Realest Member of TheColi
I may be moving to Cali where they're done with the gentrification. This sh!t is a bit disheartening to watch.2 Bedrooms In Cabrini-Green's New High Rise Start At $3,200 A Month
Ten years ago, Cabrini-Green was best known for its notoriously struggling public housing project of the same name. Today, it's becoming something of a goldmine for developers who have planned new, luxury high rises for the Near North Side area not far from where the dilapidated public housing towers once stood.
One of the first new developments to spring up from around Cabrini-Green's demolition rubble is Xavier, a sleek, 18-story, eco-friendly building, which is now accepting tenant applications at sky-high rental prices. Studios in the 625 W. Division St. tower start at $1,825 a month, according to listings; one bedrooms start at $2,300, and two bedrooms start at $3,275.
The units boast such amenities as Nest Thermostats, floor-to-ceiling glass windows and exposed concrete ceilings. The building's shared spaces include a rooftop with a chef's kitchen and two dog runs. It sounds divine—if you have the income for it.
With Chicago in the midst of a housing crisis we can't help but see the promises of these luxury developments coinciding with the displacement of Chicago's working class and the hastening demise of its affordability for anyone making less than $72,000 a year (that's how much you'd have to make to reasonably afford a studio apartment at $1,825 a month, based on this popular rental formula).
I'm currently in between roommates so I'm forking out $1600/mo for rent. Ugh.
But yeah, DON'T BE POOR. Seriously poverty is the WORST thing you can do to yourself. If you're poor find someone who isn't and try to get your hustle on.
My hood my block, nah nikkaz own nothing
Cities would rather tear down these old building and projects sell the land for millions to a developer and take in the property taxes
Cities would rather tear down these old building and projects sell the land for millions to a developer and take in the property taxes
beenz
Rap Guerilla
lotta people from the rockwells and gabrini moved to dolton.
my aunt stays out there
its so damn ratchet
They move black folks to the south suburbs because the land out there isn't desirable. They don't have train access. The bus service out there sucks. And one thing most people don't think about is that there are barely any jobs out that way. So if u work, u usually have a long commute. Most
won't do it. But black folks think that they are moving up by going to those suburbs. Little do they know 
Will be next.
Cabrini Green was the fukkin hood, but it wasnt IN the hood. it wasnt a matter of if, but when they were gonna gentrify it.
They tore down the high rises but the original frances buildings are still up. So these high class, hipster buildings gonna be RIGHT by these nikkas
we'll be right back to the housing crisis in 2008 in no time and then all the banks, etc will throw up their hands and be like "we dont know where we went wrong" 
beenz
Rap Guerilla
Cabrini Green was the fukkin hood, but it wasnt IN the hood. it wasnt a matter of if, but when they were gonna gentrify it.
They tore down the high rises but the original frances buildings are still up. So these high class, hipster buildings gonna be RIGHT by these nikkas
Yeah but most of those are boarded up and they r gonna tear them down as well. Not too many people living there anymore.
SeveroDrgnfli
Ain't nobody tryin to get indicted.
Thing is if our community had investment money we could buy those buildings and make them work for us. Sadly our community has no generational wealth to use to take advantage of it. I wish I knew this when I was 18. It's very frustrating to be so far behind everyone else.
AyBrehHam Linkin
First Black Brehsident
Yeah, i dont blame you, especially with you havin' a family. You dont want them around a bunch of bullshyt.
Guess we gotta get our money up and gentrification wont be a problem.
Like i mentioned in the other thread i bought a house in an area thats being "gentrified" in the East Atlanta area. My goal is to eventually rent it to these white so-called "hipsters" that seem to love the area. Right now it's beginning to be mostly white but the schools are still bad. THe minute the schools improve im cashing in on that b!tch. As we speak my house, tho an older house, is 4 bedrooms 2 baths with a built-in deck in the back with a huge yard. Ive seen comparable houses with 3 bdrs and 1.5 baths renting for $540 more than im paying in mortgage (including taxes and insurance)
Like i mentioned in the other thread i bought a house in an area thats being "gentrified" in the East Atlanta area. My goal is to eventually rent it to these white so-called "hipsters" that seem to love the area. Right now it's beginning to be mostly white but the schools are still bad. THe minute the schools improve im cashing in on that b!tch. As we speak my house, tho an older house, is 4 bedrooms 2 baths with a built-in deck in the back with a huge yard. Ive seen comparable houses with 3 bdrs and 1.5 baths renting for $540 more than im paying in mortgage (including taxes and insurance)
SeveroDrgnfli
Ain't nobody tryin to get indicted.
This. This is called exploiting a situation to your benefit. Everything is an opportunity. Lol you sure you're Carribean? You hustle like a main land American. It's all about the flip game in business I think.
Free White & 21
AAGang
I know exactly where that's at. To be fair white folks have always been over there, they just stepping it up. Kinda surprised at the asians tho
Lower Bottom is a different story, white folks kept they ass in the FEW industrial outskirts (near west grand, on wood st, and pine st), or behind the west oakland bart station with the mexicans and artsy folks. Now they IN the hood for real. Right across the street from campbell village is cacs. Cacs on 9th and wood. shyt the house next door to my aunt's house was renting for 3800. Breh that's literally 2000 more dollars than my aunt's house rents for
Gentrification is warfare
