I'm Not Politcal in meh...
- June 28, 2016, 1:25 p.m.
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I can be passionate about things that are unfair but mostly not political.
I was listening to a podcast called “We Live Here” and for the past few episodes, they have been discussing affordable housing. Toward the end, they talked about an agency I am familiar with called Beyond Housing. They try to help people find somewhere to live, but they also want you to attend meeting and have a goal plan to have a person buying their own home within 5 years. And they help you find houses, but they are all in the suburbs. At the time I was looking and going through them, I did not want to live in the county. I still don’t want to live in the county yet they all tried to push toward that area.
I’m a city girl born and bred so that’s that. If I move to the county it’s going to be somewhere posh because I can afford it and because I am a snob. LOL But one thing that bothers me is the underlying unspoken agenda and that is they want all the black people out in the county and all the white people back in the city. This is a segregated city, but that is one reason why I particularly love the South side because some of everyone lives here and there is seemingly not much animosity where race is concerned. But also to, a lot of black people that I know, who have “come up” so to speak all jet for the county soon as they get a little money in their pocket. I guess that’s their way of “making it out” of the hood. Now they are complaining when the stuff they thought only happened in the city happens close to where they live.
Shit happens everywhere. No one is exempt from it. My neighborhood, as much as I love it, has some sketchy elements, but for the most part I feel safe there. My neighbors and I all look out for each other for the most part. I mean there’s been some shit to go down in my few years but nothing that ever makes me fear where I live and who I live around.
It’s all about controlling people with fear and the dummies who fall for it, right?
I hate all this racially divided shit.
I love you, regardless, you dig?
Kindest regards,
Sister
Gilraent ⋅ June 28, 2016
A neighborhood is all about the people in it, not where it's located. You said that all of you look out for each other. That is the kind of neighborhood I would like to live in.
When I lived in MA, I lived in a few places that had "issues" but like you, we all watched out for each other. I loved that crap, y'know? I don't see too much of that out here in the sticks. I guess because the houses are so far away from another? I don't know. There just isn't a sense of community.
But I love the fact that I can listen to my music as loud as I want. The only ones that will complain are the cows ;)
Comfortably Numb ⋅ June 28, 2016
Yeah we dig. :)
Isn't it funny, myself I'd rather live out away from everyone on a mountain or a farm somewhere than in the city. Have horses, and chickens and goats, and even better - NO PEOPLE! ;)
We were in Southeast Houston for years, and just moved up to La Porte (suburb) last year. I didn't realize how bad the city was until I got away from it. Three years ago, we had an actual drive-by shooting directly in front of our house- some guys shot our neighbor across the street. Took 45 minutes for an ambulance to show and over an hour for the cops. We were just sitting on the couch and heard shots and hit the deck. It was crazy.
Now, we're paying through the nose and sometimes, I think man, I just can't anymore - it's too much. Then we go back inside the Beltway for some reason and we're just like...THIS is why we're paying so much and why we live where we do. So the kid doesn't have to go to school with gangs and shootings and stuff. We might not have electricity or water once in a while, but we're paying the rent so the kid will be safe. It's a struggle, but it's what we gotta do.
I don't think it's a race thing as much as a socioeconomic thing. People in the hood generally don't value themselves, so it's hard to value others. It's sad, for everyone. My brother works with disadvantaged kids in primarily black neighborhoods and he's making a difference by teaching them their own worth and their value to society. Good stuff.