Milwaukee Man Shoots And Kills 3 Neighbors Because They ‘Don’t Speak English’

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  1. MARIS61

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    One of the biggest impacts we saw out on the east side was the proliferation of low-income housing within a few blocks of nearly every MAX station. Reverse gentrification, one might call it.
     
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    No. One would call that gentrification.
     
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    I've never heard anyone say low income housing is a result of gentrification. Please elaborate.
     
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    Depending on location it can be an incentive to move from one area of town to the other. See, right now on the corner of Alberta/Vancouver ave (right in the hood. It's kiddie corner from the welfare/employment office. Across from Humboldt Elementary, near Jefferson HS) there are some townhouses for over $1900 per month... :blink:

    On 130 something and Sandy (and like you said near MAX) there are low income housing apts. This helps in creating the situation where you've been priced out of the neighborhood you grew up in and forced to move to a designated area.

    Who the fuck is paying that $1900? Why are they even able to charge that much?
     
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    I initially was simply ignoring your contradictory reply as being unnecessarily contentious, but I now understand where you're coming from. Thank you for expounding your point. What I described around the MAX lines are essentially the other half of gentrification that nobody talks about or pays attention to. As someone who makes his living in double-entry accounting, it should have occurred to me that I should look at both halves of the ledger (figuratively speaking).
     
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    It's also interesting to me that you specifically mentioned the 130-something and Sandy area. I grew up in and still live in the Parkrose district, so I know that area intimately. I had friends in high school who lived in the Columbia Station apartment complex. It honestly amazed me to see such a disparity between the people who lived in the Argay Terrace area and the people who lived less than a mile away.

    Really, that's one of the reasons I like Parkrose so much--because there's such a wide variety in demographics throughout the area. Everyone talks about how homogenous Portland is, but my kids go to schools that are maybe 40% white, and in which other kids have 10+ different native languages.
     
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    You speak English though, don't worry.
     
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    It's true, it's true.

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    I've lived in Oak Grove most of my life and it's cleaner and nicer now than I can ever remember it being.
     
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    Geez it sounds interesting to live in Portland. Weird at the same time. It has been so long since I lived there I can't related to a damn thing you guys say about the place.
     
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    Wow that's bullshit. So if this guy was competent he would know what the different verdicts meant. So they let him have a 1 year sentence to determine whether or not he prefers living in a mental institution or would rather be in jail? He was competent enough to use a firearm, make his way to the laundry, and pull the trigger... But can't understand the charges?

    Our legal system is incredibly flawed.
     
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    Neither can I, and I live there currently.

    There are lots of ways to covfefe Portland.

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    Milwaukie's been trash for awhile now. I've delivered all over the Portland metro area. Not sure there's anywhere in the city with as big of a meth problem than Milwaukie. That was long before the MAX.
     
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    If I saw some dude walking around with a gun I'd sure as hell be scared and try to get away. Why the hell does an ordinary schmo need to walk around waving his dick, I mean, firearm?
     
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    Why do American citizens need to be able to exercise their constitutional rights?

    That sounds like cuntsplaining to me.
     
    Nate, Jun 8, 2017
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    Open carry is stupid. This isn't the Wild West. Why would you want people to know you're carrying? It's a dumb intimidation tactic. It's a political message. Open carrying makes you a target. You aren't going to have 360 degree awareness at all times and someone could easily get the drop on you. Concealed is the way to go.
     
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    Amen.

    Any person open-carrying is probably the person that you should be least afraid of.
     
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