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Due_Masterpiece_3601 t1_jar0hvq wrote

Reply to comment by TizonaBlu in NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds by Ice_Business

When poor people move you merely displace crime, you don't fix it. It's no wonder that more buying power brings more amenities.

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therealowlman t1_jb4zl9y wrote

People prefer to live and establish roots near their own. That’s just normal in any big diverse city.

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Due_Masterpiece_3601 t1_jb4zwkp wrote

It's not because they move voluntarily, it's because the cost of everything has gone up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-black-harlem.html

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therealowlman t1_jb51sbx wrote

Don’t know about that community but in general most communities live close before gentrification.

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Due_Masterpiece_3601 t1_jb51z58 wrote

Before. But the reason they leave is not to be amongst themselves, it's because they can't afford it. That's the whole argument, displacement.

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