zzand wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:29 pm
From what I have read, she is living or will live in an area that many political staffers live, both congressional and White House. It is quiet, affordable, for DC and there are things to do in the area...Not sticking up for her but it does sound like a good decision on her part, which would be a first.
I am sure its a logical choice in a generic sense.
The question I am asking is whether its a choice that fits with her past and ongoing rhetoric?
If you Google up Navy Yard gentrification you can find information oh how that area has changed since the baseball park was built in 2008. It has gotten nicer, more expensive and driven out some/many of the previous citizenry who could no longer afford the area. You could sort of make the argument National Park was to Navy Yard what Amazon may have been to Long Island. Jobs, increased property values, increased rent, more upscale demographics at the expense of longtime lower income residents.
AOC fought that Amazon gentrification then seems to have moved in to a gentrified neighborhood out of convenience.
If that is a reasonable point then maybe it is a bit hypocritical. Maybe she could have found a place more in line with her "fight for the common people" mantra even if it was less convenient for her personally.