{"id":7375,"date":"2018-01-31T19:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7375"},"modified":"2020-07-01T03:01:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T03:01:46","slug":"principal-hoa-residents-continue-to-flee-shithole-stapleton-boroughs-to-wicker-park-willow-park-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7375","title":{"rendered":"Principal HOA: Residents Continue to Flee \u201cShithole\u201d Stapleton Boroughs to Wicker Park, Willow Park East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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People have been moving from one Stapleton neighborhood<\/a> to another for over a decade. Recently, some neighborhoods have seen an increased number of residents moving out and up to the newer neighborhoods up north. \u201cWe\u2019ve definitely noticed more people leaving the older neighborhoods<\/a>, or shithole neighborhoods as we call them, to Willow Park East and Wicker Park<\/a>,\u201d said Principal HOA Spokesperson Janelle Ayers. \u201cIt just has that new neighborhood smell that everyone likes. Plus, East 29th Ave., Westerly Creek, and South End are just kind of shitholes.\u201d Although residents notice some of their neighbors have been moving north, they take exception to the Principle HOA calling their neighborhoods \u201cshitholes.\u201d \u201cDid they actually refer to our neighborhood as a \u2018shithole?\u2019 questioned East 29th Avenue resident Dana Montgomery. \u201cI mean, without us, there would be no Stapleton. We started this thing and we still love our neighbors and this borough. It\u2019s hardly a shithole.\u201d Westerly Creek resident Jim Shaffer was also taken aback by the comments made by the Principle HOA. \u201cThat\u2019s a terribly irresponsible statement,\u201d said Shaffer. \u201cI mean, these are current residents who pay their HOA fees and help make Stapleton a great neighborhood. Almost not believable that a person of authority could call a region a shithole. Hopefully, no one else is okay with this.\u201d Ayers has since backed off her original comments saying it\u2019s just something they say and \u201creally don\u2019t mean anything by it.\u201d \u201cWe did not mean to offend anyone,\u201d said Ayers. \u201cBut the reality is, I bet when people go to local bars<\/a> and talk to each other about Stapleton, they probably do call these older boroughs shitholes. So, they know what we\u2019re talking about.\u201d Correction: An earlier version of this story had Ayers calling the neighborhoods \u201cshithouses.\u201d The term she used was \u201cshithole\u201d and the appropriate edits have been made. We apologize for the error.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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