And since it's acknowledged in your post that gentrification is not actually a "racial" thing rather than socio-economic it shouldn't really upset you that much, knowing that this is what happens in the worlds wealthiest or most important cities. Gone are the days of the decrepit capitol city that no one dared to walk around downtown after 5pm. Artist, activist, restauranteur, and creator of creative communities Andy Shallal is the founder of the beloved Busboys and Poets group of restaurants in. There are now seven locations in the DC area: A second location opened in Shirlington, Virginia in 2007 a.
The original Busboys and Poets is located at 14th & V in the U Street Corridor. DC is the capitol city of the wealthiest nation in world history. Busboys and Poets is a full-service restaurant, bar, bookstore, coffee shop, and events venue in Washington, D.C., founded in 2005 by Andy Shallal. Following months of speculation, Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal will announce on Wednesday that he’s opening a branch of the growing restaurant and bookstore chain in Anacostia.
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Learn more and RSVP here FREE EVENT The Advoc8te FebruBUSBOYS AND POETS ANACOSTIA Comment. We recommend that attendees RSVP in order to receive updates on the event from Busboy and Poets Books. The District on some smaller level will demographically resemble those cities. Sociolinguist Jessica Grieser brings together ten years of interviews with the residents of Anacostia. You need to take a look at Paris, London, and Manhattan and see this is simply the direction the WORLD'S wealthiest and most important cities are headed. And the appearance of a restaurant like this with its smug trustfundarian millennial attitude is typically the harbinger of doom for regular folks of any color. It's not about racial composition, it's about turning a place with an organic culture into a generic wealthy yuppie playground.
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I don't understand why this concept is lost on everyone from the media to the guy on the street.Ī black professional woman who likes Whole Foods and would dine at establishments like "Busboys and Poets" (the most pretentious restaurant name anyone has ever come up with fwiw) is every bit the gentrifier as her white equivalent.
If I build 100 buildings on empty lots and fill them with new residents, the population is going to grow.
DC is just gaining more white people per month than black people. People seem to always come up with opinions when facts are readily available.
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