tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post5778719287687113245..comments2023-11-05T03:02:20.813-08:00Comments on ...That Black Girl: alberta streetTHAT BLACK GIRL?http://www.blogger.com/profile/05490122050968564824noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-85587888627653290292008-11-18T20:35:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:35:00.000-08:00i was born in portland. moving back to portland i...i was born in portland. moving back to portland in 1990 i could not believe how north east portland had become a place of boarded up, abandoned buildings with no or little pedistrain traffic on the street. people i talked with, black and white would not think of walking down the streets of killingsworth, alberta, or mlk. after dark the streets would be empty, left to illegal trades and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-76713534535474947402007-10-05T09:39:00.000-07:002007-10-05T09:39:00.000-07:00i dont like the alberta street gentrification,i do...i dont like the alberta street gentrification,i dont think its right that when the neighborhood is a dominately black neighborhood its scary,its a bad place but to some people its home,its a way of life whether its right or wrong its just the way it is,and its not right for developers and all these little rich weird hippies to move in and fix everything cause its "dangerous,a bad neighborhood," Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-39150589953071667252007-06-03T23:00:00.000-07:002007-06-03T23:00:00.000-07:00I like Alberta a lot more now than ever before. M...I like Alberta a lot more now than ever before. Many people feel this way but don't vocalize it for fear of being labeled as a gentrifier. I don't care what color your skin is, as long as you are a peaceful, contributing member of the community working to make it a better place. In my opinion Alberta lost a majority of its bad element, replaced by people who are drawn to the funky, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-75398316148658991232007-05-15T01:26:00.000-07:002007-05-15T01:26:00.000-07:00^and i just realized that my link was wrong in tha...^<BR/><BR/>and i just realized that my link was wrong in that previous comment...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-34823982628189933632007-05-15T01:23:00.000-07:002007-05-15T01:23:00.000-07:00i came across this blog entry as i was searching s...i came across this blog entry as i was searching some info on alberta...but back to the topic at hand, I started working as an intern at the black united fund on alberta & it still throws me off a little to see people who look like they were cut and pasted there from NW 23rd or something. and though i was born and raised in north portland, i pretty much missed how alberta all of a sudden startedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-75992632701115958162007-05-03T11:30:00.000-07:002007-05-03T11:30:00.000-07:00"They are going to fall of the earth running from ..."They are going to fall of the earth running from black people' is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. I really like it.Foofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490919763408427647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-54863652652599717472007-05-03T08:07:00.000-07:002007-05-03T08:07:00.000-07:00White flight is a continous process. Every 10-15 y...White flight is a continous process. Every 10-15 years white people will move into the city and take over or move out in a mass group when "others" began to move in. I see this in Atlanta and I just SMH because I see alot of young blacks with money moving into the city as well. Soon the whites will be selling their condos and houses and headed back to the burbs.<BR/><BR/>As my granny use to say,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-27586553596443814352007-05-01T13:02:00.000-07:002007-05-01T13:02:00.000-07:00White people got tired of driving to Gresham and H...White people got tired of driving to Gresham and Hillsboro to live, so they took back neighobrhoods that were long ago all white. Consequently, housing values have skyrocketed in the Alberta neighborhood, so much so that many Blacks who were renting houses found themselves having to move out. A house that sold for $27,000 in 1988 and then $80,000 in 1994 recently sold for $280,000 in 2007. BlacksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-51155860193340478022007-04-27T11:18:00.000-07:002007-04-27T11:18:00.000-07:00A friend of mine bought a house near Alberta about...A friend of mine bought a house near Alberta about 10 years ago. He did not have much money at the time and had to work at patching up the bullet holes, sanding and painting, and cleaning up the yard. He sold it last year and made a ton. He used to say his house made more money than he did. Meaning property values were going up faster than he could earn wages. I guess it takes money to make Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-20172440479652345232007-04-26T23:04:00.000-07:002007-04-26T23:04:00.000-07:00I enjoy your blogs a lot, but why does race have t...I enjoy your blogs a lot, but why does race have to be brought into this one? Just because white people have begun to hang out in a certain place doesn't mean that they're trying to take it over. Not all white people have money. They're just going where they want to, regardless of what skin color dominates that area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-21194326772774696642007-04-25T12:42:00.000-07:002007-04-25T12:42:00.000-07:00I like in the one area of Chicago that is actually...I like in the one area of Chicago that is actually diverse. I don't mind a reasonable priced condo popping up here and there but I am afraid that severe gentrification will take over. I like seeing faces of all different colors and cars of all different economic statuses. I hope it lasts. I hate when people just decide to take over neighborhoods because they can. Remember in the 80s and 90s when Foofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490919763408427647noreply@blogger.com