#73 Gentrification
February 22, 2008 by clander
In general, white people love situations where they can’t lose. While this does account for the majority of their situations, perhaps the safest bet a white person can make is to buy a house in an up-and-coming neighborhood.
White people like to live in these neighborhoods because they get credibility and respect from other white people for living in a more “authentic” neighborhood where they are exposed to “true culture” every day. So whenever their friends mention their home in the suburbs or richer urban area, these people can say “oh, it’s so boring out there, so fake. In our neighborhood, things are just more real.” This superiority is important as white people jockey for position in their circle of friends.
They are like a modern day Lewis and Clark, except instead of searching for the ocean, they are searching for old properties to renovate.
In a few years, if more white people start moving in, these initial trailblazers will sell their property for triple what they paid and move into an ultramodern home.
Credibility or money, they can’t lose!
When one of these white people tell you where they live, you should say “whoa, it’s pretty rough down there. I don’t think I could live there.” This will make them feel even better about their credibility and status as neighborhood pioneers.





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it’s only funny to the people who aren’t displaced :/
this article is true, and very funny. people need to remember the downside of gentrification, which is that the original families that make these neighborhoods so “authentic” in the first place end up getting priced out. furthermore, the cultural landscape of neighborhoods changes. i live in los angeles, and areas/neighborhoods like echo park are prime examples of gentrification. communities that once had immigrant owned businesses/restaurants end up getting priced out to high end retail markets, “artsy” coffee shops, “eclectic” bookstores, etc. it really is sad. it is a win win for the people who move in, but definitely a lose-lose for the neighborhood’s original community.
Some of you guys are taking this blog a little more seriously than it should be taken. The author is obviously referring to hipster and “bro” subcultures rather than every white person in America. Please relax, at least for your own benefit.
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