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> The best answer for NYC is probably to aggressively gentrify as many neighborhoods as possible, which means (bluntly) displacing most lower income residents a
by sedachv 11y ago
> The best answer for NYC is probably to aggressively gentrify as many neighborhoods as possible, which means (bluntly) displacing most lower income residents and moving in bicycle riding organic jam loving armies of hipsters.
Where exactly will you find these armies of upper-middle class people? Wages and social mobility continue to decline.
http://www.epi.org/publication/even-the-most-educated-workers-have-declining-wages/ http://www.epi.org/publication/even-the-most-educated-worker...
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/america-social-mobility-parents-income/399311/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/america-...
- nugget 11y agoThat's one advantage that urban planners have. These people don't need to be upper-middle class by income. They just need to be trendy culture-wise and support the development of safe, fun neighborhoods. I have a friend in Brooklyn who pays $500/month to share a large 1 bedroom apartment with 2 other guys (all in the same room). He works at a bicycle repair shop and participates in a ton of neighborhood activities. He isn't upper middle class, but he is promoting gentrification of the neighborhood. (Unfortunately for him, that gentrification will eventually force him out unless he improves his income or purchases property.)