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Originally Posted by El Bastardo
This isn't the West Bank. People may live where they please. Your ethnicity does not determine where you can or cannot live.
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You know, i hear what you are saying, but years ago when I first came west, my family landed upon Abbotsford as our base. I just wanted to mention, I was not present when this voting occurred.
Anyway.
We lived in 2 basement suites in the EI part of town. We felt very welcome there, and enjoyed it. The street was nice, and both home owners were incredibly professional to deal with. Then, my sister and mom bought a house on the other side of town.
We're moving in.
"oh, where are you guys moving from?"
We tell them.
"oh well then. It must be so nice to be on the right side of town"
Let me ask you, was the other side left? or was it wrong? Maybe it was left. Great. I've thought of that guy as a racist for 13 years for nothing.
But would they even come over if we were an east indian family moving in? I kind of got to know the crazy neighbors on the street for the 2 years I lived there...I'll tell you, they would not. That street was motherfucking white, and that's the way they liked it. There were so many people in people's shit, it was unreal.
So yes, people CAN move where they want, and we don't hear of dropping property values when the black man moves in, but people still tend to stick to their own for a reason.