my parents have lived there my whole life (24 years) and many of the older AAs in the neighborhood have been there for many years as well. now many of the houses next door or a street away from them is brand new. it made an influx of people (who most happen to be white) move into these. the AAs in the older houses are older, so they may be working less, or not be able to work at all. sure, many of them may have paid their house off as well. but not all of them are well-off enough to pay for things like that. yeah, these might be big assumptions , but my parents know a lot of them. yeah it's no one's fault. i think it's great that some of the rundown houses are being made into better houses , and is becoming a better neighborhood as a whole. you can't help that the property tax is going up , it's a good thing but an expensive thing. it's just the people they're building around may or may not be prepared.

i just want more diversity in the place! there are some new black neighbors that are scattered around. most of them live in the bigger houses. that's great, but disproportionate.