Came across this hilarious piece from the Onion on Planetizen.com. From Planetizen, “A struggling artist laments in The Onion that more people like him aren’t moving into his neighborhood to make it even more authentic than it is now…and asking for $3.00 lattes.”
From the original piece in The Onion titled Sometimes I Feel Like I am the Only One Trying to Gentrify This Neighborhood,
“When I first moved in, I loved the 50-cent coffees—it was like living in the ’80s—but I wish they’d listen to me and start making lattes. I know I’d pay the extra three bucks, and I’m sure everyone else around here would, too.
I’ve tried being proactive. But none of the locals I’ve talked to about bringing in a co-op health-food grocery store have seemed excited at all. Nor have I gotten any of them to take part in my community open-house idea for hip young people to come see what this neighborhood is capable of.”
(posted by Richard)
August 28th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Too funny! Nice post.
August 29th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
You can lead a horse to water, shove their head in, immerse your own head and lap up the liquid, and the horse will die of dehydration.