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fuckReddit78987 t1_j25pme4 wrote

Two things:

  1. to the woman stating that gentrification is the single biggest issue point breeze faces…I’d say crime is probably issue number 1.

  2. neighborhoods are always changing in this city. Point breeze was originally European Jewish and then Italian Irish, then it became African American, now it’s becoming yuppie/gentrified. Things change, it’s how it is and always will be.

I think the city should put guardrails in place to ensure older residents aren’t priced out of their homes but besides that, you can’t really stop change.

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ParallelPeterParker t1_j28qu61 wrote

I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll to see someone call that out. I don't think gentrification is even in the top 10 because it's such an amorphous, political football.

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shark_skin_suit t1_j29mdup wrote

clearly you should run for mayor with your 'fuck it, that's just how it is' stance on urban life.

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_j2b3xnf wrote

Are you arguing cities don't change and grow and neighborhoods haven't always changed?

Because if you are, you are wrong.

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oliver_babish t1_j26o3h1 wrote

On 2, those neighborhoods changed in ethnic composition mostly; the economic change is much more recent and that's what disrupts. 25-30 years ago, Queen Village and Graduate Hospital did the same. The Northeast, by contrast, has only changed in ethnic composition but never in economics.

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