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Re:Washington, DC, avoided the worst price rises that have p... by pessimizer on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:16PM (#36975684)
> DC is a bubble. They don't live in the real world there.

They do, they just ignore it. 40% of the city population is poor to working class black people. It was once 70%.

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Re:Washington, DC, avoided the worst price rises that have p... by atonse on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:21PM (#36975767)
I think that sadly it is easy to ignore when the divide is largely geographical.

There are areas where you can have a bustling set of offices with high paid workers, and you walk 4-5 blocks down, and you're in a poor neighborhood. And the two don't interact.

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