4 ms·
In what sense is gentrification a serious (by which I presume you mean "bad") issue? As far as I can tell, "gentrification" means people like me--who make a de
by ahh 14y ago
In what sense is gentrification a serious (by which I presume you mean "bad") issue?
As far as I can tell, "gentrification" means people like me--who make a decent white collar living and don't cause trouble--moving into poor neighborhoods, often crime-filled ones. Why should I be unhappy about having a nice place to live?
- tptacek 14y agoIt dislocates lower/lower-middle class urban families. And hey: I lived in a loft in SOMA. I'm not an anti-gentrification crusader.
- ahh 14y agoCan you provide data for that claim? Example: I have a friend who lives at Divisadero & Hayes, and passed on an article that attacked him (personally, but anonymously) as a gentrifier: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204124204577150850802549554.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020412420457715... The writer complains about the loss of the "culture"...but the only meaningful change we can see here was the disappearance of drug dealers and violence.