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Originally Posted by Crawford
It's hard to imagine, but 20 years ago there was a lower income black shopping district just a few blocks from the White House:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8973838,...QArStNCPHkA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This stretch of F Street had hip-hop record stores, black-oriented sneaker, clothing and wig stores, and even a legacy department store on its last legs (Woodward & Lothrop). It's hard to imagine now with all the generic renovations and upscale new businesses.
There's something about DC gentrification that's extra bland compared to the other older eastern cities. I can't put my finger on it, but a gentrified block in Boston or Philly doesn't have this feel. |
Oh, I find gentrification in Boston, Philly and NYC equally as bland as DC and in the case of NYC, with a seriously unique level of urbanity to be even more depressing when it’s degraded to blandness.
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