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Dryheavemorning t1_j26746c wrote

Reply to comment by Character_Macaron133 in Philadelphia mayoral candidates on gentrification: Parker, Gym, and Quiñones Sánchez talk solutions by outerspace29

Ironic comment coming from someone who lives in what used to be a nearly all white neighborhood that's been diversified through new development.

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Character_Macaron133 t1_j269vy3 wrote

Also Frankford Ave is not all of fishtown…the neighborhood east of the street has still an original feel even as money is being poured in

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_j2b59da wrote

It really does not feel close to what it felt like even in the early 2000s.

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Character_Macaron133 t1_j269p3b wrote

Ironic considering the inquirer did a study and showed that fairmount went from predominantly African American to nearly completely white

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NonIdentifiableUser t1_j26pija wrote

Dude Fairmount has been around in one form or another since the earliest days of the city. It only became predominantly black in the mid-20th century. Demographics tend to be fluid and change over time, specific groups don’t get to dictate that they are the rightful residents of a specific area.

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Character_Macaron133 t1_j26qujt wrote

The inquirer even called the change in the neighborhood a whitewashing versus gentrification

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GooFoYouPal t1_j26x17w wrote

My family has lived in Fairmount since the 40s. It was Irish, Eastern European, and Puerto Rican.

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TreeMac12 t1_j28qk0d wrote

If everyone was entitled to subsidized housing based on where their family once lived, everyone in South Jersey and Delco with an Italian grandmother would get a free house in South Philly.

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_j2b528m wrote

Cool, what were the demographics in 1920?

Neighborhoods change.

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