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b_b · 3879 days ago · link · · parent · post: "I Was Assaulted For Wearing Google Glass In The Wrong Part Of San Francisco"
I'm with you. I suppose it's because I am (for another short while, anyway) a gentrifier. I moved into an abandoned space a few years ago, and I like to think that my outrageous tax bill that I've been paying to the city of Detroit since then (both income and property) has been marginally good for the city (as well as the taxes paid by all the businesses that I support). The city needs money to survive, and the only people who can pay are the people who have a positive income. I'm not sure where else it comes from. Cities can't print their own script. I always have a good laugh at the people in my city who scorn gentrifiers and then complain that city services are so shitty. I love irony.