The Projects - My Theory

There was another topic on The Board the about Living in the Projects The Projects Here is Part of it

Topic Starter Says

I was driving through the projects & Apparently some people are completely happy where they are. I just can't understand why people don't want anything better for themselves and their children.

A Replier Says

*I guess some people get comfortable at the bottom and want to stay there.

*I guess some people are afraid to buy a house because of the payments and they might lose it and be embarrassed about it. But, if they buy a car and lose it, they can say they had a wreck or something.

Another Replier Says

Call me stuck up, but I could never settle down in the projects if I had the potential to do much more.

I never would want to expose my child to that type of living environment. If life is rough, okay, I can understand. But if I had the opportunity to make my life better, you bet your life I'm gonna take it.

MY REPLY AND A QUICK LESSON

I live in the projects. The projects were actually built for Army Veterans who came back home from the wars. but government policies and plans went wrong and it was all up to the city to do what they wanted with the new neighborhoods. i guess that putting all the Black people there was plan B of the KeyWord "Project"


I didn't have everything growing up. I never had a pair of Jordan's as a child. I still get clothes from Wal-Mart & K-mart. I'm not ghetto but I can't afford the expinsive clothes & things. We bought a PC because it was a need within the new age of living It doesnt make me rich. People don't even believe me when I tell them that I live in the projects, They say it's because I dont act like I'm from there
I dont think I'm better than everyone else here We are all equal..

Its not Where you live .. its How you live ..


My house doesnt look bad at all



In N.O there are black people who are living in houses that live worse than i do and im supposed to be at the bottom.

but yet there is section 8 and all these other plans for blacks to live in Houses for cheap ..


My Grandma was in her late 50's when her and my grandpa decided to move out of the hood. My grandpa loved his house. He died in his house. But yet he's got daughters and grandchildren who were raised in the projects (who all dont live in the projects) But they bring that Project Additude into his house ..
now that he is gone .. they still sit and worry about whats gonna happen to His House .. when they have homes of their own that look like the projects


its not Where you live its how you live

If i were to move in a house right now I'd be no different from who i am now.

There are murderers rapists drugs and violence everywhere. I just live in an area that murder is common. You might live in a house but your next door neighbor might be a drug-lord or an alcoholic Serial Killer. You'll Never know until the day police shows up in your area

We have digital video cameras all over the so-called Bad Areas of N.O. Lots are in my hood. I dont feel any more secure than before they put them here But I ain't scared of the hood. I been here my whole life .

I went to Bethany's Moms place, Its real nice house in a subdivision, Shes a home-owner and she has the same living room set as my mommas. It made me feel at home. and that was just her Den.
other than material things, The house was still BRICK
Big house, its only for her and her son and there is a room for bethany when she comes here .. Tight ... The Kid Across the Street looked exactly like somebody you'd think is from the projects and he lived in a nice house

I like to walk around taking pictures of my hood, I have the insides of abandoned buildings and everything...



the Additude of the Projects is All a State of mind & mentality

You cant change a person by putting them in a house or environment. They only can change themselves.