Gentrification

Gentrification is a real problem in our communities…. and communities around the 50 states. It goes on in many impoverished neighborhoods, in urban cities and towns. Basically… it’s all the construction you seem to see, everywhere you go, where they convert projects and run down apartments into nice townhouses and condo’s.

It’s good for rich and comfortable middle class folks, and bad for poor folks, folks who mostly fall into the African American, Hispanic race category (The Minority). I found this interesting article or definition in detail on what Gentrification means and where the term was created from. Read the article or term below. Link is provided below as well (copy and paste works wonders).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification

“Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is a phenomenon in which low-cost, physically deteriorated neighborhoods undergo physical renovation and an increase in property values, along with an influx of wealthier residents who may displace the prior residents”.

Depressed In The A.M.

It’s late around 1:44am EST. I can’t sleep. I’m depressed, keep reading about the economy, oil prices, housing market, presidential candidates, and also receiving(Reading) bills My wife and I no longer can afford to pay, like utilities Keyspan(Heat) and Nstar (Electricity). Also other debts I owe that I’m not at liberty to discuss because I won’t.

I tell you man….. this world is going straight down the drain. I’m poor like most folks I know, and don’t know how, we as poor folks are going to survive much longer(Off of petty low wage income). Food prices are starting to become unbearable as well. Calling for take-out and going grocery shopping, to cook one nights worth of food are almost identical in cost.

Steak, fish, ground beef, and chicken are all about $5-10 dollars for a pound or more. Ordering out for a large pizza for two is about the same $10 dollars. No big difference in price. Lets not even talk about rent (That takes up %70-80 of are monthly income). I know everyone pays rent, just speaking for low income folks like myself. I don’t know man……..I’m just stressed out, tired, sick of struggling sometimes.

I use this blog to vent to the world (Nobody cares anyway) so I have no problem doing it. Grimms out.

My Grammar

My grammar is dirt poor. Thats all I had to SAY! What? Wha? Wha? WHAT?