The areas where they cut power the longest also happened to be areas with the oldest infrastructure in most cases. Consequently, a lot of those areas also happened to be lower income. However, one of the neighborhoods that was out the longest, Clintonville (some still without power), also happens to be one of the more affluential neighborhoods in Columbus. There were other examples like New Albany and Upper Arlington, both wealthy neighborhoods. So I honestly don’t think this narrative holds much weight.
And actually, a couple days ago people started posting flyers for staging a protest claiming this was clearly a target on marginalized communities. I’m generally getting a little annoyed that every time someone finds themself at an inconvenience, we gotta stage a protest to “stick it to the man”. This was a little more than an inconvenience (some were out of power for 4 days and counting in 100+ heat) but literally no thought went into the actual accuracy of the conclusion.
I live in Columbus.
The areas where they cut power the longest also happened to be areas with the oldest infrastructure in most cases. Consequently, a lot of those areas also happened to be lower income. However, one of the neighborhoods that was out the longest, Clintonville (some still without power), also happens to be one of the more affluential neighborhoods in Columbus. There were other examples like New Albany and Upper Arlington, both wealthy neighborhoods. So I honestly don’t think this narrative holds much weight.
And actually, a couple days ago people started posting flyers for staging a protest claiming this was clearly a target on marginalized communities. I’m generally getting a little annoyed that every time someone finds themself at an inconvenience, we gotta stage a protest to “stick it to the man”. This was a little more than an inconvenience (some were out of power for 4 days and counting in 100+ heat) but literally no thought went into the actual accuracy of the conclusion.