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This morning I stumbled upon a YouTube video that compares Lincoln Park to Rogers Park.
The narrator described Rogers Park as rundown, poorly lit, and unkempt. She also mentioned the storefront businesses that are vacant, or about to go out of business.
However, Lincoln Park was portrayed in a more favorable light; with thriving businesses and gay-friendly neighbors.
The video attributes Lincoln Park's "success" to the notion that most of the neighborhood's residents have "similar incomes".
Maybe of the rogers park landlords stop renting to dirty thugging drug dealing gang bangers and swept the streets of all the scum more stores would open up
ReplyDeleteI don't see what their point was...
ReplyDeleteAlso, it seems ironic that college students complain about open/empty storefronts in their neighborhood. Wouldn't they be learning skills that would allow them to rent these properties and start businesses? That is assuming they didn't spend 4 years studying diversity and women's studies...
Exactly Anon at 11:27am. First time in my life but I had to request a 30+ y.o. Mexican to leave my home after the generalizations he made about White men (may have been true back in 1931 but I wasn't here). He just received a "Masters in Humanities". I told him needs to go get his money back too. And he's unemployed. Actually, I don't think he's ever BEEN employed.
ReplyDelete"Money talks BS walks" is what this is about. The money in Lincoln Park, as opposed to RP, is far greater and therefore, they get more benefits. It's a fact of life. Also, until this last year or so of "integration", the crime in Lincoln Park was much lower then RP. Businesses don't want to be where their chances of getting robbed are greater. The Alderman plays an important role in cleaning up an area and bringing business into it as well. I think they call it "demographics"....
ReplyDeleteRogers Park is safer around Loyola when the school year is in, the apes are still prowling around the students hungry for rape and violence, but the popo is ever-present. They look so sad and frustrated they can't indulge their base desires.
ReplyDeleteThe summer, however, is a different story.
This is interesting and all, but man, the godawful narration/reading is just unbearable.
ReplyDeleteFact Rogers Park goes from Howard to the north & Devon to the South. The idiots who shoot the video where shooting the Edgewater neighborhood. The business in the video where south of Devon. Looks like these students will be working for the new media one day, where the facts are irrelevant to the story
ReplyDeleteIt has more to do with geography than anything....rogers park is a pain in the ass to get-to, so noone wants to live there, thus the low income blacks have taken over. Zoning also is a factor. There is more tenement housing, section 8 specifically, than anywhere else.
ReplyDeletethe only way to make rogers park like lincoln park, is to force people to buy there, like in a communist state. Otherwise, the market will prevail and rogers park will continue to decay.
ReplyDeleteLets see if these dumb students could even afford to buy a condo in Rogers Park. They couldn't even afford their rent if mommy and daddy weren't paying the bills. These white students who lectured all the working class people are so pathetic. I live in RP and sure it isn't great, but at least many of the white who live in RP live within their means not like Lincoln Park. Over spending white yuppies who spend way more then they make. And FYI, the black will mug you in LP also.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was made by some rich brats. Different neighborhoods look different? Gee, what a discovery. What brainpower they have! I hope they all fall prey to the cruising black muggers; it would be part of the educational process.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to BUY into Chicago's version of "diversity". I'm saving right now!
ReplyDeleteCab driver heaven. And "don't ride your bike near there when coming to visit me, there were shootings last night".
Again, I'm truly sorry that gays, in this day and age, feel they have to live in squalor.
The video attributes Lincoln Park's "success" to the notion that most of the neighborhood's residents have "similar incomes".
ReplyDeleteAre they just ignoring people or just don't care in Lincoln Park.
Rogers Park is actually the way it should be everywhere as far as incomes are concerned. The only problem with Roger's Park is Section 8 is not living up to their responsibility. They are not supposed to allow the recipients to destroy the properties and be nuisances.
As a former section recipient in the 80's if our children destroyed property or we became nuisances we would be kicked out of the program. I suggest if your neighbor falls into this category that you report them.
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As the narrator said most Lincoln Park residents are upper middle class. There is some section 8(very little) but you can believe if they act like most in Rogers Park thy would be kicked off. Also no felons are allowed to live in section housing.
And what makes them think there are no gays in Rogers Park. It was funny how poor the sound was for the guy they interviewed on heterosexism. But didn't interview anyone in Lincoln park. Just gave their opinion.
Agree with many of those who have said this is a spoiled brat. The white who live in Rogers Park live within their means. I bet if you looked at the savings of the home owners of the residents of RP vs. Lincoln Park; the Rogers Park people would have more savings. I live in RP and there are many white who could afford to live in Lincoln Park, but chose to live within their means. Rogers Park is only a shit hole because of the sec. 8 apes. However, the white and others who live in RP are working class decent people. NOT IN DEBT WANNA BES!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sh*tty video. They were not in RP; but Edgewater, and they walked down a 1.5 block stretch between Devon and Granville on Bway. RP is large...with plenty of neighborhood stores, e.g. Glenwood district. And their comment about there being no economic disparity in LP? BS!!! You have 20 somethings right out of school with 3 to an apt making entry level salaries (on Halsted/Fullerton, near DePaul), 2 blks away from million $+ homes. I won't argue LP is not more upscale, it is, but these moronic college students act as if Rogers Park is Englewood. They must go to DePaul.
ReplyDeleteMay I suggest anyone watching the video here, please go to YouTube and comment where the makers of the video will see it? Just click the YouTube button on the video control bar up there. I love the comment, while walking through, ahem, Edgewater, about no place to buy fresh produce, while the clip ends at where? Gee, is that an Aldi? And there's a Dominick's just two more blocks from there. Morons.
ReplyDeleteHere's what I posted as a comment on YouTube:
ReplyDeleteThis was incompetent beyond belief! If this was a student video, I certainly hope their professor flunked them. First: The opening doesn't show Lincoln Park, it shows the Gold Coast. Second: All of their video is in Edgewater, not Rogers Park! Third: Their bizarre claim that there isn't any handicap accessibility for the L in Rogers Park. There are four L stations in Rogers Park & one Metra station. Two of the four L stations are accessible & so is Metra.
Plus, the one L station they showed, Loyola, is accessible!
I did post on their site. But these students deleted it. They obviously don't want to live in reality.
ReplyDeleteObvious they're no embarrassed by the video, as it's been made private.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone save it?
I know you can't access it any more. Dumbasses shouldn't have posted something soo stupid. No wonder all of these college kids are unemployed when they get out of school!! I wouldn't hire one they have no common sense.
ReplyDeleteDang. Sorry. That was probably my fault for "disliking" it and posting a critical comment. Didn't save it, but have the name of the poster in my view history if anyone wants it, she's got other stuff posted that's not private. What gets me is the psych class it was described as being for was a 300 level course. Seems like something a high school kid would do, not 300-level college. I was a Broadcasting major many years ago, if I had produced un-researched crap like that, my profs would have failed me.
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