Promis1's soul mate is black (Chicago, Marion: apartment complex, homes, university)

[mel2000]

After realizing that family rentals in Hyde Park generally exceed the Section 8 maximum (thereby making it unlikely to be the cause of Hyde Park's imagined ruination), it occurred to me that the black woman was probably a bulls**t artist who sizes up her white Hyde Park clientele and feeds them any political BS they want to hear in order to get a better tip. I knew a salon owner who expressly forbade her employees to engage in anything other than neutral conversation with customers.

[promis1]

Originally Posted by mel2000

after realizing that family rentals in hyde park generally exceed the section 8 maximum (thereby making it unlikely to be the cause of hyde park's imagined ruination), it occurred to me that the black woman was probably a bulls**t artist who sizes up her white hyde park clientele and feeds them any political bs they want to hear in order to get a better tip. I knew a salon owner who expressly forbade her employees to engage in anything other than neutral conversation with customers.

please stop your yapping- nobody wants to hear it.

[mrkool]

Originally Posted by mel2000

That ignorant black woman needs to be fired for discussing politics with customers, especially those who post the discussion on the internet while making the woman somewhat identifiable.

Ignorant? She actually sounds like one of the more candid and honest black women one could ever hope to meet. Your political correctness has blinded you to reality, my little friend.

[mel2000]

Originally Posted by meatpuff

Mel2000, are you a troll, or a naive hippie? I can't think of any other possbilities. If you let us know which we will be able to have a more productive discussion with you.

Mr./Mrs. Meatpuff, which one of us has the "Senior Member" notation underneath their username? Which one of us has the earlier Join Date?

[mel2000]

Originally Posted by promis1

please stop your yapping- nobody wants to hear it.

Of course you don't want to hear/read it. But see if she keeps feeding you your political tripe if you don't tip her well.

[mel2000]

Originally Posted by mrkool

Ignorant? She actually sounds like one of the more candid and honest black women one could ever hope to meet. Your political correctness has blinded you to reality, my little friend.

I've since realized that the woman is probably smarter than I initially gave her credit for. She knows how to milk money from whites.

[ChiMack]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

While on the subject of low-income housing:

Why are there so many buildings around the city that are isolated pockets of low-income housing in nice neighborhoods? I've heard such buildings referred to as "Scattered Site CHA Housing", but can find little information on this. It seems that there are other programs in place other than "Section 8" that affect entire buidlings. I know all about the low-income Co-ops, but I'm pretty sure most of the buildings are rental. Is this HUD housing? Something else?

After having problems with an isolated low-income buidling in Wicker Park, I now avoid these like the plague when trying to find a place to live. I've seen how one problem building can drag down an entire block and make life difficult for other residents. Otherwise nice neighborhoods like Wicker Park and Ravenswood are speckled with buildings like this, and the agencies responsible for the buildings behave like they are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of residents.

so what you are saying that you dont want poorer people living in neighborhoods that are better off?

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by ChiMack

so what you are saying that you dont want poorer people living in neighborhoods that are better off?

No. I'm saying I personally don't want to live next to a subsidized building where people don't have to earn paychecks to pay the rent. Those buildings have been nothing but trouble when I've lived by them in the past. In my opinion, any government rent subsidies should be temporary--and should have an expiration date. Permanent subsidized housing breeds crime and government dependency.

[ajolotl]

Eh, what fun is life if a barber can't engage in unsanitized banter with their clients.

Originally Posted by mel2000

After realizing that family rentals in Hyde Park generally exceed the Section 8 maximum (thereby making it unlikely to be the cause of Hyde Park's imagined ruination), it occurred to me that the black woman was probably a bulls**t artist who sizes up her white Hyde Park clientele and feeds them any political BS they want to hear in order to get a better tip. I knew a salon owner who expressly forbade her employees to engage in anything other than neutral conversation with customers.

[ajolotl]

Lighten up. This is one view in a hundred million. The only point of the post was supposed to be that people are complex and it's hard to lump them into simple groups. I think you missed the irony of this happening in ultra-PC Hyde Park. Very few white patrons there would be comfortable with such dialog. It was just a slice of daily life in Chicago. Not that big of a deal.

Originally Posted by mel2000

I've since realized that the woman is probably smarter than I initially gave her credit for. She knows how to milk money from whites.