EastSideDanny

I grew up in East Dayton in Woods Trailer Park and attended Kemp Elementary. Growing up in a trailer park gives one a whole different view of low-income housing. I can't BEGIN to tell you the number of times that I was referred to as trailer-park trash, white trash, etc ad nauseaum. I chuckled as a young man when they built the first low-income housing at Burkhardt and Cosler and again when they developed Sunshine CT. AH, sweet revenge is blissful! But times change and so do people. The comments about Section 8 and drugs and crime, sad as it is, are woefully true in many cases. You can call the residents of Oakwood elitists all you want but they do have significant amounts of $$$ invested in their homes. At this late stage in my life I can certainly understand the sentiment of not wanting to see a lifetime of work degrade into a cesspool. Before I get slammed here - I am in no way inferrring or implying that ALL welfare, single moms and Section 8 people are bad, worthless, drug addicted, etc. There are certainly many good and deserving people that find themself in that situation. But one cannot escape the demographics of what happens in these neighborhoods that have Section 8 housing. If you want to open your eyes to this, try factfinder.census.gov . This is SUCH a GREAT research tool for everything statistical and demographic.