Posted on 07/20/2018 4:43:52 PM PDT by simpson96
She isnt poor, black or Latino, or being pushed out of an affordable inner-city neighborhood turned cool by mostly white hipsters with their expensive juice bars, galleries, and heavier wallets made out of recycled ocean plastic and organic fibers.
In fact, Shaheen is white and grew up lounging on one of the most exclusive private beaches in South Florida. The town where she has lived for 70 years prohibits juice bars or any other commercial enterprise. And her familys waterfront property is currently worth $3.6 million, give or take.
Still, Shaheen and some other long-term residents of Golden Beach say they arent welcome in the small city anymore. Some left when they couldnt afford their homes, others when their neighbors, and Golden Beach lost its small town feel. Still others, like Shaheen, decided to stay despite the changes. But that hasnt been easy.
Shaheen says shes the victim of a decades-long effort by city officials to use bogus code violations to push her out of her waterfront home to make way for something bigger, newer and a lot more expensive.
I guess they just didnt want older homes or older residents, said Shaheen, who is now in her 70s and whose family has lived in Golden Beach since 1944. I dont fit the vision of Golden Beach.
Today, Golden Beach is one of the most affluent municipalities in South Florida. Made up entirely of single-family residences, the town has some of the highest home values in Miami-Dade. (Its second only to Indian Creek, one of the wealthiest enclaves in the entire nation.)
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we bought our home in a Chicago suburb for $35,000 and now I see it’s listed for $too,ooo. Wow !
I wish I could show them the Dennis Prager video, “Immigrants, don’t vote for what you fled!”
Eventually the southerly coastal areas of the east coast and especially the west coast will be the realm of the super rich. All others ferrrget it. In CA it’s basically like that now. In fact, if they get their way, they’ll wall off or block ocean access to most everyone..and in fact have already done so in many areas of the CA southwest coast.
Find a woman who hates you and give her a house?
Been there, done that.
Shaheen says shes the victim of a decades-long effort by city officials to use bogus code violations to push her out of her waterfront home
Taxes there are very high now. Its very expensive to continue to live there, said Cathy Szabo, who lived in Golden Beach for 30 years
I think the town manager and the council were anxious to get more revenue for the properties, said Krogoll. But she also said she was happy she had moved away from the political madness in the city.
He said residents many of whom pay more than $100,000 a year in property taxes expect the town to reflect that value.
With the taxes raised to boot too.
divorce rape, you mean.
yup. removal by govt regulations and bylaws.
I suspect ChiComs are buying these properties.
Yep, I vow never to move back there.
I was part of gentrification in a way - one of those white people who started a theater using old buildings that were lent for that purpose. Bought homes when prices were cheap in dicey towns (with interesting housing stock) but wealthier folks came eventually and drove prices up. Then taxes shot up and we moved on.
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