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> "what everyone hates about urban change and gentrification – first come the creatives and their coffee shops, then the young professionals, then the luxury hi
by doktrin 11y ago
> "what everyone hates about urban change and gentrification – first come the creatives and their coffee shops, then the young professionals, then the luxury high-rises and corporate chains that push out original residents"
> I personally have no problem with it. And if we're talking about crappy and dangerous neighborhoods that are becoming upscale - I love it.
"everyone" in this context meaning "everyone who holds the views of the author"
Here in PGH, "everyone" would mean student activists who are busy decrying the tearing down of several high rise projects in a part of town that had been on a downward slope since the late 70's. Neighborhoods that only a few years ago "closed at dark" (literally) due to pervasive criminality are now economic hubs.
At least in this case, most people seem to be quite happy with economic development in what used to be no-go areas. Nonetheless, there's a vocal minority of affluent art students who are busy putting up graffiti about "preserving culture". You can't ever make everyone happy, but the author's "everyone" isn't in fact everyone.
- colanderman 11y agoI think you used "to decry" to mean exactly the opposite of its actual meaning. ("To decry" means to denounce as harmful, not to promote.)
- doktrin 11y agoI think you misread. Revisit my original post : > "everyone" would mean student activists who are busy decrying the tearing down of several high rise projects The student activists, in this case, are in fact very much against the tearing down of said highrise projects. I'm surprised that wasn't clear.
- colanderman 11y agoI'm still confused, because in one sentence, you talk about affluence bringing luxury high-rises, while in a later sentence, you talk about activist art students who want to preserve graffiti. Are the high-rises whose removal the students decry not the luxury ones, or is it a different group of activist students from those who like graffiti who are the ones who want to keep the luxury high-rises? Or are the activist art students supporters of both luxury high-rises and graffiti? I'm confused :)
- doktrin 11y agoYou're confused about the term "high rise projects", which refers to lower income public housing - not luxury condos.
- colanderman 11y agoAh thank you.