Posted on 11/15/2005 11:31:36 AM PST by beaureguard
I lived in Doraville when I first moved to Atlanta in '92. There was nothing country about it, well, unless you consider the Yucatan Peninsula "country".
Excellent post, as usual.
15-20 miles, as the burro walks...
"This type of conversion in a reasonable barometer of cultural shift taking place in a neighborhood"
Ya' know what else is? The race of the people on billboard advertisements.
When I'm out of town or in some strange area, I can always go by that to tell when I'm getting into a different neighborhood.
However homogonized the gvt or various other groups insist we view our cities, I'm convinced the ad agencies must actually have racial maps in their offices.
Hispanics are of many races. Its just that the PRs and Dominicans in New York, and the Mexicans everywhere else, happen to be racially mixed, ie "nonwhite."
What do they call when Jews up and leave, Jew Flew?
Well, the A.R.S. wrote that song in the early 70s. A lot had changed by 1992, and I can't be sure they were telling the truth even in 1974, but they probably were. :-)
I lived a little south of Atlanta in the mid-1970s, but never made it to Doraville.
Or when blacks flee, Black OUT?
Marketers are usually way ahead of the curve when it comes to sensing a changing neighborhood. What you said puts me in mind of a guy I met who told me he knew his nabe in Queens was changing when the ads for Newports with black folk were put up.
Other examples are signs in other languages, salons offering "hair straightening", and Halal meat markets. It all depends on the ethnic groups in question.
It's tiresome to keep hearing that "all men are created equal". Nothing could be further from the truth, and it is a bastardization of the Declaration of Independence from which the quote came.
the rest of the statement goes, "...,endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights...". Yes people are created equal in that they are born with the same rights, some of which are life, liberty, and the right to pursue happiness.
That may be true, but IMO ad agencies live in some parallel universe that has nothing to do with reality (watch any TV commercial) but reflects the way they WANT reality to be.
Therefore those billboards may be leading indicators, not lagging indicators.
I only have problems with TV ads that always show the man as stupid and the woman (or minority) being smart.
That's "Israelite Flight".
Those of us who CAN'T leave this invaded state are leaving a huge mess for our children and grandchildren. The pandering politicians don't care as long as the numbers keep coming. We're importing poverty, disease, ignorance and dependence.
Someone please tell me WHY this is good for America??? I doubt if anyone can answer that question - our own President can't answer it. He's too busy planning Social Security for illegal aliens, planning the FTAA, blindly going ahead with his globalism plan that will destroy America.
I lived in a building in Chicago where most of my neighbors were mental cases collecting Section 8 vouchers to pay the rent. One of my neighbors constantly screamed out the window on how Lionel Richie was coming to rape him.
Being that there are now illegals near where my sister lives in South Carolina, I can't really think of anyplace for folks to flee too.
This is complete B.S. I am a so-called hispanic, and I would quickly get the hell out of any area were hispanics are the majority. It has nothing to do with race; but with behavior, culture, and economics.
Someone else remembers that song? "Ain't much but it's home."
Doraville used to be a little town known for GM and Treasure Island. It's where you would get your driver's license because they did not make you parallel park. We could hang out in Doraville and not be afraid.
Not any more.
BUSH'S FAULT....For Real!
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