Existing comment:
The Flow into Anacostia:
The development of Greenleaf Gardens in Southwest was too little and too late for the displaces residents, many of whom relocated to Anacostia, just east of the river. Their arrival transformed greater Anacostia and disrupted its historic country-like pattern of small communities. It also altered the racial demography as white neighborhoods became African American and established African American neighborhoods lost cohesion.
The new residents found themselves crowded into often shoddily built new private or public housing, as Anacostia's population swelled to far beyond what it could comfortably hold. Old neighborhoods lost their former closeness, and crime became a common worry. Even worse, the poor state of public transportation made Anacostia into an enclave, separated from the greater city both physically and psychologically. |