Ashland isn’t just an affluent community, it’s made up of people of all socioeconomic statuses, and they should all have the ability to afford to live here.”Īshland Memes stated that the DeBoer family has yet to reach out, but Ashland Memes would have liked a private conversation about the post before the suspension happened. That wealthy white families, like the DeBoers, have facilitated the gentrification in our community and the severe lack of affordable housing for many residents. Mesco went on to speak about the gentrification of Ashland saying, “I think my photo unintentionally opened a Pandora’s box of the zeitgeist of what most of Ashland thinks about our wealthier residents. Many Ashlanders responded to the public comment by stating that the post was a simple joke, while many brought up the wealth disparity in Ashland. Mesco was contacted publicly and privately by the DeBoer family
