You know, I think you can't really argue against gentrification _and_ against things like white flight. I suspect that most people actually feel like you do. Wh

You know, I think you can't really argue against gentrification _and_ against things like white flight. I suspect that most people actually feel like you do. What they don't want are the consequences of gentrification. They want things to get better but to capture all the surplus from the betterness. So they want to continue to live where they did, have the streets be cleaner, have the stores be nicer but not have anything go up in price. The economy isn't generally zero sum but some things definitely are close to zero sum.