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Blues Heron

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17. It's a term from the 60s and 70s to refer to ghettos like Harlem, south Bronx, Compton, parts of DC. Etc.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:53 PM

Sep 30

Trump is stuck in the 70s he doesn’t know most of these areas have been completely gentrified. Even though he helped the gentrifying in Harlem in the 80s. He has no clue, his grey matter is well ossified.

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