Workers in crystal city. I worked in crystal city. It’s time for me to catch mg Christmas Eve flight home. I always work until it’s time for me to board Mh flight whenever I travel home. I was so worried about how I would get to the airport safely. A pedestrian walkway was just what I needed. Fortunately a coworker took pity and gave me a ride.

This doesn’t effect you and it helps pedestrians. Why be against it?

Well don’t be house poor. You got the nice address with the letter “N” next to the street name but you eating ramen and ain’t got no furniture. Cute address though.

I don’t pay anywhere near $2000. I live in a basement unit. Basements off craifslisd and Facebook. That’s how I’ve found every place I’ve lived since 2008.

So? And did you have a microscope looking for a designer label? How do you know? And stay out of those children’s pockets and quit counting their or rather their parents’ money.

Poverty tourism. Sounds like a buzz word I heard a couple years ago in the movie Forty year version. Poverty porn. Left leaning people of a certain demographic would delight in hearing my stories from down south B (DC is not southern but that’s an argument for another day). Being a natural born story teller I told and told said story. I started to notice that they would ask occasional leading questions and make implications.

“Gosh growing up in the Deep South that must’ve been tough for you huh?” It was fine. I had a middle class upbringing. If anything I’m a black sheep for not getting a master’s degree. If I mentioned a hardship they would follow up with “it’s because you’re black. That’s so sad.” No it’s because… I just explained how and why xyz happened. Nope we’re not doing any poverty porn here. But left leaning people of a certain demographic love to salivate over poverty porn.

Was that necessary? Another article that brings up the income of long time DC area residents in a disparaging way. This coupled with raising subscription rates? Imma need the Washington Post to do better. Not cool. Not the end of the world but also not cool.