] Too many damn dogs,%u201D Lucky Chuckie
] says. %u201CMore dogs than we ever had.%u201D A lifetime
] resident of East Atlanta, Chuckie is describing one of
] the changes he has observed as his neighborhood has
] become Atlanta%u2019s trendiest. %u201CWe,%u201D in his
] mind, are the old-timers%u2014mostly African-American
] homeowners who lived through East Atlanta%u2019s
] startling transformation over the past four decades.
] %u201CThey%u201D are the newcomer dog-owners%u2014yuppies
] and families who are changing the neighborhood they now
] share with the old-timers. The %u201Cus%u201D and
] %u201Cthem%u201D language he uses is a sure and subtle
] indicator of the state of East Atlanta: the first stages
] of gentrification.