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> I don't think people being forced out of the neighborhood they live in is necessarily a bad thing I wish my account would let me downvote this
by jefurii 9y ago
> I don't think people being forced out of the neighborhood they live in is necessarily a bad thing
I wish my account would let me downvote this
- ghaff 9y agoGentrification has plusses and minuses. It is one of the processes by which a city improves in various respects. However, in spite of (very imperfect) mechanisms like rent control and caps of property value assessments, an inevitable result of a neighborhood becoming more upscale is that prior residents and business owners find it increasingly hard to remain there.