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Don’t discount the gentrification issue. In places like Austin, San Fran, and West LA the “techlash” started when small businesses and non-tech workers could no

• Nasrudith 7y ago
  That is a separate issue and far more local. For LA they were going wannabe terrorists about gentrification back in the the late 90s with the Yuppie Eradication Project - it seems nobody was sympathetic to them and who can blame them? I think most would rather have the most obnoxious yuppie stereotype than those idiot self-righteous vandals. Gentrification seems to be a noisy minority issue - I hear far most people who would want gentrification. Which I suppose points to another cultural divide. To suburbanites and even other major cities they look like huge spoiled brats - conplaining about things other areas would kill for, and already offer more for far less. I am aware of differing situations and needs but it seems that someone isn't being reasonable.
  • kitotik 7y ago
    “Gentrification seems to be a noisy minority issue” It does tend to affect minorities more. See Inglewood and Boyle Heights for recent examples. Expensive gelato and coffee shops are not things these communities “would kill for”. I understand your point, but it does seem quite tone deaf. It’s not about “annoying yuppies” it’s about family businesses and lifetime-long residents being pushed out due to rent increases.