Tanahashi Coates
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This may have been true 10-20 years ago but now Latinos are moving into and fixing up foreclosed homes in West Englewood. Went to visit my Pops over the weekend and there was a family full of people having a party
Chicago has the blackest black ppl in America
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This may have been true 10-20 years ago but now Latinos are moving into and fixing up foreclosed homes in West Englewood. Went to visit my Pops over the weekend and there was a family full of people having a party
They all moved from the south. All my grandparents were born in the south and were sent to the Midwest by their parents as kids. That shyt was not safe in their era
Trot LaRoc
Superstar
There's a Whole Foods and bike trails in Englewood.
Cacs started moving into West Garfield Park about 3-5 years ago
Shyt bout to look real different in few more years
Biscayne
Ocean air
That's real. Reminds me of stories family told me about growing up in Haiti. I've driven through Mississippi, Bama, South GA etc and I've seen it.
Yep, there are parts of Chicago that have those urban prairies and it makes certain neighborhoods feel like backwoods, even though they're in the city. From what I've seen on Google Maps.
Yeah, imo the city goes overboard with the tear downs. There are some blocks that have completely transformed in the last 10 yrs.
It's not like other cities like Baltimore, Philly or detroit Where they have condemned buildings that sit abandoned for years. Most abandoned building in chicago are either rehabbed quickly or torn down right away
Some of those empty lands were once the site of projects building too.
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Nah I wanted to find a pic of the orange electric cords they run across the streets to give lights to folks with their lights off. 1 house giving lights to 6-7 other houses on the block. If nikkas are talking urban poverty then that is the example for them. My niece lived here and shyt looks like a 3rd world country with probably a 30% literacy rate. I knew them nikkas in the video and the majority of them dropped out in middle school.
I couldn’t find a video showing that country dirt poor life readily but I’ll keep looking
Biscayne
Ocean air
I agree. I'm saying, that I've seen that video before, that you linked, and that video was the first thing that came to my mind when I thought of rural poverty in Alabama. That neighborhood in prichard in the video you posted looked like rural poverty that you'd see in Haiti.
Biscayne
Ocean air
Its hell of a lot of places like that in MS i frogot the percentage but maybe 30 or 40 percent still dont have internet access either smh
That's shocking to hear, but when you see how isolated some of these towns are, it seems believeable that some of these towns don't have internet, considering how expensive it would be to get that type of access. Folks are just trying to work hard and live. Internet is a worthless luxury in some of these places.
That's crazy too. But it makes sense given some slaves stayed close to their masters or were manipulated to do so, and this lasted for generations. Louisiana has so many small towns that are isolated along that meandering Mississippi River. So many plantations that are way out of the way, where I'm sure many black people couldn't even imagine any means of income/freedom, and just stayed put so to speak. This is sad...
Tanahashi Coates
Superstar
Where's the bike trail? I know about Dan Ryan Woods but I didn't know of any others.
I've said it plenty of times on here, just like Pilsen is close to downtown, anything within a few miles of the Ryan or El is getting gentrified.
Trot LaRoc
Superstar
Yup
Lot of cacs moving to Hyde Park as well. Near southside bout to look real cacified....shyt close to downtown and tha lake....its a wrap.
Lot of blac folk already been getting pushed out to tha burbs. I taught out in Naperville for a year and there was kids from K town who were there
Tanahashi Coates
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Chicago has one of the best public transportation systems in the country and pushing black folks to the burbs (even though there's more jobs there than in the city but that might change) would fukk a ton of people over. I know some people moved to get away from the bullshyt but it seems like cacs are moving back into the city to pay inflated rent on an apartment that was $6-700 a month at the start of the decade. Interesting times
In 10 years they will control the local politics and make it to where their taxes are lowered etc. and the ordinances are favored to them. Their children will want more land etc.Chicago has one of the best public transportation systems in the country and pushing black folks to the burbs (even though there's more jobs there than in the city but that might change) would fukk a ton of people over. I know some people moved to get away from the bullshyt but it seems like cacs are moving back into the city to pay inflated rent on an apartment that was $6-700 a month at the start of the decade. Interesting times
Cacs are never satisfied and always need to take someone’s land to feel like they have worth in this world. When they started urban renewal projects, it’s wasnt for nikkas. Nothing is ever for nikkas in America besides prison sports and the police
When was the last time you were in detroitDetroitthat's got to be one of the poorest places I've ever seen in my life next to Camden New Jersey. I feel sorry for anyone who has to grow up in an environment like that I lived on the edge of Paterson New Jersey for a while but sheesh