educate me about gentrification please

this may be my unintended white privilege talking. when i think gentrification, i DO think about the poor being displaced and such.

I ALSO, though, think of an area that may be crime-riddled and such...being beautified, higher paying jobs being brought in, etc.

Educate me about how the cons outweigh the pros?

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NativePortlander1970

Because gentrification pushes out Minority families going back generations, turning neighborhoods into stuffy over priced limosine liberal enclaves.

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@NativePortlander1970 i think it harkens back to red lining and such, right? just disenfranchising the disenfranchised...sucks, bc sometimes communities do need improvements. but it's a matter of giving them those improvements without raising the cost of living....

NativePortlander1970

@foldedunfolding However those doing the improvements will never let those they look down on to live among them.