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unenlightenedgoblin t1_j6p0266 wrote

Reply to comment by 1800TurdFerguson in Anyone miss the old DC? by sg8910

I mean DC ran on slavery right up until the war, so much less of a white working class than comparable Northeast and Midwest, but it was certainly still present. Swampoodle (NoMA today) has a pretty well documented history of white working class settlement. In terms of the working class overall, large portions of the city saw the removal of small, affordable alley homes in 20th century urban renewal schemes. Not only did this erase naturally-affordable housing in dynamic, mixed-income areas, it also shifted the geography of poverty such that it became concentrated in the new top-down housing projects that were built in their place. Most of the poor whites gtfo’ed after this happened (the King riots basically closing the door completely).

I’m from the Rust Belt so it was a huge culture shock for me. The black culture in DC is richer (both financially and culturally) but otherwise not substantially different from my hometown. The white people in each city though live in completely different worlds.

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d_hor t1_j6oxdnk wrote

this - we have reactive pups and I basically made a message template talking about the dogs and their particular quirks when reaching out to Rover sitters, and have found a few that have been great. I filter on Rover sitters that only board your dogs and that have a yard. You'll be surprised at how many sitters have experience with reactive dogs/have vet tech experience/etc

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133555577777 t1_j6owclk wrote

You probably also already get junk mail from them. There’s a couple clean energy companies going around doing this. If you go along with it, they’ll transfer your electric account and jack up your costs.

Beyond being annoying and charging you more, they don’t do anything else. Your electric supply stays the same.

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