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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Punches · 46-50, F

I think neighborhoods fall to slums quicker than places get gentrified.

Educate me about how the cons outweigh the pros?

Thing is if the riff raff is displaced then they are more likely to end up in nicer neighborhoods somehow or at least more spread out. If they are contained to their own neighborhoods undisturbed, it localizes the undesirables.