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Yes, that's exactly the model I'm referencing. > how (non-poor) people "found them increasingly distasteful", even a hundred years ago That's easy to explain:
by manholio 4y ago
Yes, that's exactly the model I'm referencing.
> how (non-poor) people "found them increasingly distasteful", even a hundred years ago
That's easy to explain: exclusionary zoning, maximum density requirements, aesthetic rules etc are all forms of selection based on social status. Class and racial lines are strong and people strongly want to keep the "character" of their area, i.e to live near people of comparable social status.
- yunwal 4y agoIt’s so weird to me that this is a near-universal definition of “character” because every neighborhood I’ve ever been in that’s segregated by class has been absolutely miserable and boring.
- eesmith 4y ago"The sound of gentrification is silence" - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/let-brooklyn-be-loud/670600/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/let-bro...