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In absolute terms, Detroit has lots of housing. But very specific types of housing is in very short supply. My sister lives there and "hipster" housing is in
by johnrgrace 14y ago
In absolute terms, Detroit has lots of housing. But very specific types of housing is in very short supply. My sister lives there and "hipster" housing is in very short supply which is who I expect will live in these.
- daniel-cussen 14y agoHipsters do need an awfully specific habitat to thrive. Streets can't be too clean, air can't either, just enough poverty, but not too much actual poverty, a certain background level of tee-hee crime like smoking, lots of viable Starbucks (for income), lots of non-viable non-Starbucks (for "real" coffee), vegan sandwich shops, obsolete forms of commerce selling obsolete goods (like brick-and-mortar record- and book-stores), reasonable public transport, no actual manufacturing for a hundred miles, urban density, good place to walk around, the geography can't be boring, maybe an art gallery to complain about...
- zachrose 14y agoActually, yeah. The thermostat for gentrification is pretty finicky. If the art scene goes well in an area, retail and restaurants will follow. Two decades later, the area is expensive and boring.
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- daniel-cussen 14y agoHypothesis: Hipsters are the yeast of gentrification.