OT - Hartford

[Robertelamin]

And it IS ghetto. That doesn't mean anyone is racist. It is also really young. It just isn't a place for anyone over 25 or so.

 

[aceboon]

So do you have a problem when someone says that a place has a lot of "" or trailers?

Or is it only racist or offensive when it refers to black people?

Some people just look for any perceived slight. Guess what? Most people don't like going to ghettos. It doesn't matter if black people, white people, blue people, green people, or yellow people live there, they just don't want to visit that place.

When Ruff Ruff, Frank Ivey, Champs990411 and the rest of their ilk make a thread saying how disgusted they were that they had to occupy space with or trailer park scum, point it out to me and I'll be right on it, captain. But I haven't seen that occur yet, so until it does, stay focused.

 

[johnhuskies95]

When Ruff Ruff, Frank Ivey, Champs990411 and the rest of their ilk make a thread saying how disgusted they were that they had to occupy space with or trailer park scum, point it out to me and I'll be right on it, captain. But I haven't seen that occur yet, so until it does, stay focused.

So is that a yes or a no?

 

[superjohn]

I find it interesting that people who seem to clearly have a problem with certain races get all up in arms when they get called out for it.

 

[johnhuskies95]

I find it interesting that people who seem to clearly have a problem with certain races get all up in arms when they get called out for it.

I have no problem with any race. I just don't understand how some people will jump at any perceived slight, real or imagined. Aren't you the one who first equated black people to ghettos in this thread?

 

[aceboon]

So is that a yes or a no?

 

[dapriest]

Their justification for commanding state/county funding is one Hartford could use as well, namely that lots of people make money there and use city resources (directly and indirectly), so the city is entitled to some of that money back regardless of where you commute from. . . . Many people are employed in Hartford, but few people of means live there, leaving it with no tax base to deal with the decay.

This is the sort of Marxist creed that seems facially compelling, but, upon closer inspection, is shown to be the wealth-redistribution tripe that it is.

Few people of means live there? Ok. So, by your own admission, everything "of means" in Hartford is attributable to people who don't live there. The museums, theatres, stadiums, and so on. Right?
So, rather than demand more money from their "of means" suburban supporters, shouldn't the poor, "no means" Hartfordians be thanking their daily guests?

No tax base? Really? You mean there is no property tax on the slew of buildings down town that house the lawyers and the insurance companies and the medical providers? Or on the folks selling food to all of these people?
What about the support jobs that those industries bring? Are they not staffed by Hartford locals who want to work?

Your scam is a simple wealth redistribution scam. It's not enough that commuters are the only thing keeping Hartford from being Detroit. More than that, you want to force the lie that commuters are somehow removing value from Hartford.

What a sad joke. Take away all of your rich commuters and the city is dead within a year, with nothing but ghetto-ites fighting for hand outs left.

BTW - ghetto just means poor area - it's got nothing to do with race, as the word existed well before blacks became associated with it, as any well read student of judaism could tell you.

 

[junglehusky]

There is nothing good that can come out of this thread.

 

[jleves]

There is nothing good that can come out of this thread.

Good point - Time to lock it down.