"During the decades that Washington had a black majority, national policy makers and investors left the city’s aging infrastructure for dead. So it is astonishing to witness the about-face that has accompanied the influx of white professionals in the past decade. Now there are urban-friendly transportation policies, lavish corporate spending on education and billions in private real estate investment and development. As residents finally get the city they have always deserved, many black Washingtonians are feeling the rage of the loyal first wife, kicked to the curb as soon as things started looking up."
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Natalie Hopkinson, “Farewell to Chocolate City”
Hits the same notes as my piece, “The Souls of DC Folk” from a couple months back.
(Source: The New York Times)
