Black residents reject Trader Joe’s because it would attract too many white people

[88m3]

all the NYC coli members should invest in opening a "deli" type store in the hood... and we'll set a new example by filling the shelves with healthy food and groceries, what up tho

@The Real said he'd let me hold 800 racks

 

[88m3]

All this talk of start something in the hood is crazy . It should have been done already it's too late now and all this crying about losing the hood is too late. Rents are to high just to run it , this chocolate place in Far Rockaway is being sold and that will devastate that area even more but you know what . Nobody is going to shyt about it but complain and bytch. There are some good ideas that people on here are suggesting but you know damn well it will never happen.

Young guys need to motivate, stop by the sba, and look into grants.

 

[Serious]

can you imagine the right wing smear campaign if they see black people using EBT cards to get gourmet cilantro rice and bean burros and pomegranate juice?

i can see john stossel starting a segment on fox news by saying "Nothing gets between Keisha and her quinoa![/b["

 

[No_bammer_weed]

What did you contribute?

This neg rep...enjoy

 

[The Real]

@The Real said he'd let me hold 800 racks

Let's see that business plan.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Mystics and frozen fried chicken dinners.

 

[Poppa_Dock]

its not a game out here

im smack dab in the middle of ground zero in Detroit when it comes to a gentrified neighborhood

as well as the neighborhood i grew up in is going through changes as well

this is not the solution at all

the point IMO is to push the people out(specifically poor blacks)...not to "raise the standard of living for everyone" in said area..no opportunity will be given by way of jobs....i see no benefits in this

so blacks' naturally live at a low standard? How is raising the standard forcing black people to leave? Closing down a project building where nobody in it owns any part of the property isn't "pushing them out" they don't own it. Whoever owns it, probably the city, is just now using it for a different purpose which they have the right to do because they own it. Why didn't people save money and figure out a way to buy property like tons of people all over the world do?

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Honestly. I thought Trader Joes was overpriced organize grains and nuts for the longest. I remember when I went once with my white roommate and he was buying nasty ass shyt for hella expensive prices, all of it looked like rabbit food. But last week my mom was like "I can buy brews over there, but I'm headed to traders joes why dont you come with me" At first I was like but I figured meh, its been almost 10 years why not. I was pretty fukking surprised, its actually not expensive AT ALL. I bought some blue berry wheat ale for $5.99, my liq store sells it for $8. They had Stoly for $6 Milk for $3 Jumbo eggs for $3 Even bought a big ass bag of trail mix for $2.99 and some pink lemonade cider for $3 barely anything was over $5.

 

[ORDER_66]

so blacks' naturally live at a low standard? How is raising the standard forcing black people to leave? Closing down a project building where nobody in it owns any part of the property isn't "pushing them out" they don't own it. Whoever owns it, probably the city, is just now using it for a different purpose which they have the right to do because they own it. Why didn't people save money and figure out a way to buy property like tons of people all over the world do?

Buying plots of land as is not not always cut and dry, you have crooked real estate practices wrangling to keep black people and hispanic quarted in certain parts of the city, even if they have money. FACT. Also you think landowners gonna sell to minorities outright, even if they think for a second they can get a better deal from a white developer? Also owning your home in the areas aint such a bad idea but even then you may not get the good price in which you may get undercut, just look at the residents of the old atlantic railyards that was given a bum price for their properties when that russian a$$hole wanted to develop. Real estate is not always cut and dry, you got alot of crooks, corruption and downright hatred on many levels. I've seen things where govt's have stolen land from the rightful owners on some land baron shyt. Buying land or homes and properties doesnt come cheap or easy. someone will find a way to fukk you over.

 

[Wild self]

It's true though...Once a new shopping area comes to a poor area it attracts new residents and thus begin construction and the residents have their property taxes raised and thus they have to leave because only rich white residents can afford the new property. It's not a lie. look at any gentrified area, the idea starts small but then the developers see the prime real estate and only see green, they dont care about making the homes affordable to the residents that primarily reside in the area. They'll fukk them over just to make a buck. It happened in my old neighborhood, it happened in harlem. it happened in red hook.

Red Hook is going through gentrification!?

But the black folk in Portland need to start owning their property and owning businesses.

 

[Wild self]

Its the result of the slave mentality many blacks suffer from. So used to mediocrity and handouts that anything potentially good gets labeled "non-black". When in reality, black leaders should be teaching its people the best ways they can benefit economically by this. The community has a lot of strong hands it can play to force these companies to address its issues. As long as there is a potential for money to be made, people will work out their differences.

Some nikkas are conditioned to be "gutter" because it is how "real" black people live . Mental slavery is a bytch.

That's why instead of PAYING RENT nikkas need to get they weight up and start BUYING their homes. There is no reason for someone to live in a place for years and not own they're home, providing your not in government housing. That way, if gentrification does occur you could at least profit off of it. Furthemore, why do folk think that homes in a growing city are somehow "sacred?" Cities change and grow over time. Many places that were once remote get targeted for development once growth occurs.

I agree 1000% . Some nikkas think that the land that their family has been renting for the last 4-5 generations is somehow theirs, but they never OWN that bytch. They got too comfortable with shyt handed to them and not strive to do anything better.

 

[ORDER_66]

Red hook looks nothing like the brooklyn I know and heard of growing up. shyt is crazy...

 

[Wild self]

Red hook looks nothing like the brooklyn I know and heard of growing up. shyt is crazy...

If Red Hook can get gentrified, nowhere in Easy NY is safe. or any bad area in the 5 boroughs.

 

[ORDER_66]

If Red Hook can get gentrified, nowhere in Easy NY is safe. or any bad area in the 5 boroughs.

I gotta find someone that can co-sign. I used to hang around bedstuy / east new york / brownsville when i was a kid. I've heard they trying to gentrify red hook. Brownsville and East NY still looks the fukking same. lmao.

 

[Wild self]

This is the best post in the whole thread. Guys saying it will bring whites and the prices will rise but what about middle class blacks? I don't get this save the god damn hood mentality on here . I mean at what point do we raise our on standard of living? I mean how long can you a hood stay in poverty before it changes for the better? 50 years? Bottom line lots of blacks lost out on jobs and like someone said, concession could have been made to improve the lives of people who live there. I know someone going to say bring in black businesses but can someone name 1 that can hire 150 to 200 people right on the spot after it opens?

mental stagnation is harming the community more than anything else.