Black homeowners in the ATL learn about racism the hard way

[knightmelodic]

Reading those comments after the article tells you all you need to know.

 

[chitownsfinest]

I completely understand what you're saying and I can tell you're talking to some people who are talking theory when you're talking real life.

And yes, even though I mentioned Bankhead, you're right, it's gonna take longer then west end because of the beltline. Plus if white people wanna move there, they will have to undo all that bullshit their ancestors created by zoning parts of it industrial back in the 70s.

In Pittsburgh and mechanicsville it's sad. I knew some friends of mine, who finished college, started their families and tried to settle down there. The young thugs who grew up on that area wouldn't let them. Broke in everybody's shit, day in and day out. The young Black professionals , some who may have come from an area like it, don't like to call the cops and band together against the crooks for fear of being "bougie" and ended up just packing up, selling and dipping.

Now the white people are moving in, and they come strapped up, and either ready to shoot or call the cops or both.

These neighborhoods are finally starting to see the light of day.

Our councilman, and other local politicians and activists keep calling for affordable housing to be built and remain in the area. I used to build with the housing authority on stuff like this. There's still a pretty good blend of income classes for now but who knows.

Finally someone nails it. We Black folks need to united against niggas who are driving crime, drugs, and poorly-performing schools. It's much more convenient to blame CACs then to form neighborhood groups, attend city counsel mtgs and volunteer for schools.

I'm sure many on BGOL would label me as a "coon" for not wanting to put up with niggas. I used some political connections to drive niggas off of my block. Sorry...I'm a husband and father before I'm a Black man...no matter if the world h

 

[exiledking]

Finally someone nails it. We Black folks need to united against niggas who are driving crime, drugs, and poorly-performing schools. It's much more convenient to blame CACs then to form neighborhood groups, attend city counsel mtgs and volunteer for schools.

I'm sure many on BGOL would label me as a "coon" for not wanting to put up with niggas. I used some political connections to drive niggas off of my block. Sorry...I'm a husband and father before I'm a Black man...no matter if the world h

Yeah we talk more about how they're organized against us than organizing.

People really do spend most of the time talking about what someone else is doing.

 

[illdog]

Black agents offer free appraisals/listings in transitional neighborhoods to white homeowners and hoods turn Black overnight...

 

[Day_Carver]

Yeah we talk more about how they're organized against us than organizing.

People really do spend most of the time talking about what someone else is doing.

True true,that's one reason why social media is popular...

 

[JamesATL]

 

[futureshock]

Meanwhile, on the north side.....


Study forecasts Forsyth's population in 2040
Posted Monday, May 9, 2016 12:00 am
Kathleen Sturgeon

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — At the current rate Forsyth County is growing, it’s not hard to believe the population will probably reach 430,301 by 2040.

According to a forecast by the Atlanta Regional Commission, Forsyth County will grow at the fastest rate of any county in metro Atlanta, seeing its population more than double. The prediction looked at certain areas focusing on age and race/ethnicity.

The ARC examined 20 counties in metro Atlanta including Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Paulding, Cobb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Carroll, Douglas, Fulton, DeKalb, Walton, Rockdale, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Newton and Spalding.

Jim Skinner, senior principal planner with ARC, said Forsyth is one of the younger counties in 2015, with only 11.2 percent of its population over 65, ranking the 13th largest share amongst the 20 counties.

The 65-and-up population in Forsyth will increase, according to ARC’s series 15 forecasts, to 18.2 percent of the total population by 2040, but still will rank only the 12th highest share amongst the 20 counties, he said. Counties that are at present younger than Forsyth, including Fulton, Gwinnett and Cobb, are forecast to be older in terms of the 65-and-up share by 2040.

“That said, the county will age rapidly even if not all that quickly relatively,” Skinner said. “Forsyth’s 65-and-up population will increase almost 240 percent from 2015 to 2040, faster than that in any other county save Gwinnett, at 250 percent. But this 65-and-up growth is not that different from that expected in other cohorts. Forsyth is also forecast to have the highest percentage increase in population 0-17 across the 20 counties, from 2015 to 2040, at 86 percent compared to 31 percent for the 20-county area as a whole — and a top-ranked 95 percent increase in the 18-64 primary labor force cohort 2015-2040.”

Diversity in Forsyth will increase, but at slower absolute levels than most other counties in the metro area, he said.

While the white, non-Hispanic portion in the 20-county area will fall from 49 percent in 2015 to 42 percent in 2040, Forsyth County’s white, non-Hispanic share is projected to fall less rapidly, as it will decline only from 78 percent to 73 percent, with its net expected white, non-Hispanic increase of almost 151,000, or 94 percent, the highest absolute increase in that race/ethnicity group among the 20 counties, according to Skinner.

The minority of the population that is not white, non-Hispanic will increase from only 22 percent in 2015, compared to nearly 58 percent minority in 2015 across the 20-county area, to 28 percent in 2040, which is just over 1 in 4 — while the regional share will increase to 2 in 3 by 2040, or 66 percent.

“That said, strong-percentage minority growth will occur in Forsyth,” Skinner said. “Black, non-Hispanic, other, non-Hispanic, and Hispanic populations will all more than double between 2015 and 2040 in the series 15 forecasts for Forsyth, with Hispanic leading the way at 215 percent increase over the period.”

For more information on the forecast, visit atlantaregionsplan.com.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-...ter-school-could-close-after-alleged-t/nrHcF/

 

[dHustla]

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[Tha Baldavenger]

Blacks will never win in majority minority neighborhoods. Real estate prices are based where whites are willing to live. It is fucked up, but reality. Partly in some black suburban neighborhoods people don't maintain their property. Curb appeal and not lingering on corners play a part in valuations. I live on a middle class black neighborhood, but some people in the town just don't get it

 

[bham_brotha]

Meanwhile, on the north side.....


Study forecasts Forsyth's population in 2040
Posted Monday, May 9, 2016 12:00 am
Kathleen Sturgeon

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — At the current rate Forsyth County is growing, it’s not hard to believe the population will probably reach 430,301 by 2040.

According to a forecast by the Atlanta Regional Commission, Forsyth County will grow at the fastest rate of any county in metro Atlanta, seeing its population more than double. The prediction looked at certain areas focusing on age and race/ethnicity.

The ARC examined 20 counties in metro Atlanta including Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Paulding, Cobb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Carroll, Douglas, Fulton, DeKalb, Walton, Rockdale, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Newton and Spalding.

Jim Skinner, senior principal planner with ARC, said Forsyth is one of the younger counties in 2015, with only 11.2 percent of its population over 65, ranking the 13th largest share amongst the 20 counties.

The 65-and-up population in Forsyth will increase, according to ARC’s series 15 forecasts, to 18.2 percent of the total population by 2040, but still will rank only the 12th highest share amongst the 20 counties, he said. Counties that are at present younger than Forsyth, including Fulton, Gwinnett and Cobb, are forecast to be older in terms of the 65-and-up share by 2040.

“That said, the county will age rapidly even if not all that quickly relatively,” Skinner said. “Forsyth’s 65-and-up population will increase almost 240 percent from 2015 to 2040, faster than that in any other county save Gwinnett, at 250 percent. But this 65-and-up growth is not that different from that expected in other cohorts. Forsyth is also forecast to have the highest percentage increase in population 0-17 across the 20 counties, from 2015 to 2040, at 86 percent compared to 31 percent for the 20-county area as a whole — and a top-ranked 95 percent increase in the 18-64 primary labor force cohort 2015-2040.”

Diversity in Forsyth will increase, but at slower absolute levels than most other counties in the metro area, he said.

While the white, non-Hispanic portion in the 20-county area will fall from 49 percent in 2015 to 42 percent in 2040, Forsyth County’s white, non-Hispanic share is projected to fall less rapidly, as it will decline only from 78 percent to 73 percent, with its net expected white, non-Hispanic increase of almost 151,000, or 94 percent, the highest absolute increase in that race/ethnicity group among the 20 counties, according to Skinner.

The minority of the population that is not white, non-Hispanic will increase from only 22 percent in 2015, compared to nearly 58 percent minority in 2015 across the 20-county area, to 28 percent in 2040, which is just over 1 in 4 — while the regional share will increase to 2 in 3 by 2040, or 66 percent.

“That said, strong-percentage minority growth will occur in Forsyth,” Skinner said. “Black, non-Hispanic, other, non-Hispanic, and Hispanic populations will all more than double between 2015 and 2040 in the series 15 forecasts for Forsyth, with Hispanic leading the way at 215 percent increase over the period.”

For more information on the forecast, visit atlantaregionsplan.com.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-...ter-school-could-close-after-alleged-t/nrHcF/

It's really not hard to figure. Almost all of the highly ranked school systems are in North Fulton, North Gwinnett, and East Cobb. Low crime and better property value. Ellenwood itself isn't bad, but it's surrounded by areas that are and the schools suck. That area isn't rebounding because outside of black people that can actually afford those homes, no one else wants to live there. Look at how the black population has shrank in the city of Atlanta but grown in Cobb, Gwinnett and north Fulton over the past ten years. Tells you all you need to know.