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I think it's note worthy that you can go into previously sundown towns (with or without a gun) because others were willing to take that chance.
by Teever 3y ago
I think it's note worthy that you can go into previously sundown towns (with or without a gun) because others were willing to take that chance.
- scarface_74 3y agoActually, it wasn’t because other Black people moved in. It was because builders took advantage of cheap land. Built houses and younger White professionals moved in from other parts of metro Atlanta and out of the state and overwhelmed the more backward looking people. When we walked into the community, the builder could care less what color we were as long as our credit was good and we had the down payment to get our house built - in 2016 a 3200 square foot house for $335K. By the way, it was really a famous sundown town… https://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/oprah-ventures-into-forsyth-county-video https://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/oprah-ventures-into-fors...