Gentrifying a place is investment of capital into formerly-poor areas in cities, and formerly-poor areas in cities were poor because they were ghettos, generally as a result of redlining, white flight, or both.
We should be gentrifying every inner city, subsidizing current-occupant rent as it climbs, and lifting people out of the ghettos we built.
No I think when you shove a bunch of “undesirables” into an area by literally not letting them get loans or see houses outside of that area, you create ghettos.
You may wanna give “redlining” a Google, and then search up the history of places you want to “protect” from gentrification. You’ll find the two are nearly always connected.
We owe it to the people who live there to financially apologize for the atrocities we committed upon them and their families in the past.
We should financially apologize for the atrocities and lift people up like you suggest, but that’s not what gentrification means. The other commenter was right. Gentrification means upgrading an area and displacing those who live there.
gentrification
jĕn″trə-fĭ-kā′shən
noun
The restoration and upgrading of deteriorated urban property by middle-class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of lower-income people.
The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.
The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents).
Gentrification doesn’t improve the lives of the people that already live there - it displaces them as wealthy individuals move in. While the idea of improving a poor or ghetto neighborhood is nice, it’s not so great when the people living their are just priced out of their homes and forced to relocate.
Depends on your definition of gentrification. Most Americans do not associate renovation/upkeep/modernization but undue rent increase with minor changes to the space, I feel.
Gentrification even affects the rich. Welcome to the 1st world and it’s problems.
Gentrification is a good thing and being anti-gentrification is being pro-ghetto.
Wait, so you think the only two options are ‘gentrification’ or ‘ghetto?’
What does this even mean?
Gentrifying a place is investment of capital into formerly-poor areas in cities, and formerly-poor areas in cities were poor because they were ghettos, generally as a result of redlining, white flight, or both.
We should be gentrifying every inner city, subsidizing current-occupant rent as it climbs, and lifting people out of the ghettos we built.
Dude, you need to google gentrification, it’s specifically a negative thing. You’re just using the word wrong.
Gentrification comes from the root word “Gentry” referring to the upper or ruling class.
It’s literally the upper class moving in, displacing the lower or middle class. The word is classist by definition.
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So you think every neighborhood with poor people in it is a ‘ghetto?’
No I think when you shove a bunch of “undesirables” into an area by literally not letting them get loans or see houses outside of that area, you create ghettos.
You may wanna give “redlining” a Google, and then search up the history of places you want to “protect” from gentrification. You’ll find the two are nearly always connected.
We owe it to the people who live there to financially apologize for the atrocities we committed upon them and their families in the past.
We should financially apologize for the atrocities and lift people up like you suggest, but that’s not what gentrification means. The other commenter was right. Gentrification means upgrading an area and displacing those who live there.
gentrification jĕn″trə-fĭ-kā′shən noun
The restoration and upgrading of deteriorated urban property by middle-class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of lower-income people.
The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.
The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents).
https://www.wordnik.com/words/gentrification
Displacing people isn’t a requirement, it’s an externality, and one which I addressed very specifically.
Worth noting that even displaced people end up wealthier when gentrification happens.
Now you’re suggesting every black neighborhood is a ghetto. Wow.
Way to purposely take it wrong. Not obvious at all.
You literally could not take this in worse faith if you tried.
Frankly you’re coming across as pretty racist.
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Gentrification doesn’t improve the lives of the people that already live there - it displaces them as wealthy individuals move in. While the idea of improving a poor or ghetto neighborhood is nice, it’s not so great when the people living their are just priced out of their homes and forced to relocate.
Imagine responding to my comment so passionately without reading it at all, and ending up arguing for poor people to stay poor.
What a fucking bizarre worldview.
Depends on your definition of gentrification. Most Americans do not associate renovation/upkeep/modernization but undue rent increase with minor changes to the space, I feel.