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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
Because you two just so happen to be the single two most outspoken participants on an obscure internet message board dosent mean you speak for the entire city. We get it, you got wealthy on the backs of people losing their homes in the midst an economic collapse, and now on top of it you know what's best for them too. Piss off.
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It seems as if you have a massive chip on your shoulder, and are angry at successful people. Well I can assure you, most people who are successful, are successful because of hard work, not because they are living off of some trust fund.
Based on your posts that i've read you also come off as anti-small business, or at least anti-small business when it comes to small business' providing housing.
I just closed on a 16 unit apartment building in McKinley Park - I plan on renovating the 6 vacant units, and renting at market rate - does that make me a bad guy? or some sort of Thurston Howell III Aristocrat?
I'm the only son of parents who immigrated to the US in 1981, and grew up in a poor immigrant neighborhood in NYC, my father sold produce on Arthur Ave. in the Bronx for 25 years. I'm the first person in my extended family to graduate college (University of Michigan, class of 2005). I went the first two years of College without buying a single textbook, because I couldn't afford to buy them, and didn't want to take on a loan. I used to borrow books from others in my class and take pictures of the pages. I graduated with a 3.8GPA. Aren't I living the American Dream? At what point, in your opinion, did I turn into a greedy, capitalist monster?
I've made a 7 figure income multiple times in the past 6 years - I don't say that to brag, but to show how proud I am of the hard work I've put in to get where I am. Most people would not work as hard as I work. I flew 93 flight segments over the past 12 months for my full time job, and on the weekends, I manage all of my properties - painting hallways, landscaping, fixing clogged toilets. I know people who desperately need the money, who won't do these types of projects.
I provide housing to dozens of immigrant families throughout the City - as I'm guessing TUP and LVDW do as well.
Successful people are not the enemy in Chicago - in fact, they are the ones keeping this city from a full on collapse.