Discussion on Classmate's Blog "Boystown"

I found Joshua’s blog about “Boystown” to be very interesting. In his article he mentions that a lot of heterosexual couples and people in general and starting to move into town. I found this very surprising because when I visited Boystown once I didn’t see too many straight people walking around. Although I could see why people who love to move into this area because of all the upscale restaurants, fascinating architecture, and luxury homes, I myself personally could not be a resident of this area for more reasons than one. Just as Joshua stated, Boystown is known for its proud gay community in which new heterosexual couples should not take away from. By me being a straight female, I would not be comfortable knowing that the majority of my neighbors cannot relate to my sexual preference. Although I am open-minded and I accept people from all walks of life, I would not like to be the odd-ball in a community. Also I feel that if someone like myself moves into this community, it will become more and more gentrified and the community will lose its valuable name in which it has worked so hard to achieve. I feel that there is nothing straight couples that move into the community except for when changes and complaints are brought up about the gay community. Boystown should not be a place to live if people are worried that their children will see things that parents feel are inappropriate. I hope that people can respect other peoples’ backgrounds instead of trying to tear them down.