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NonIdentifiableUser t1_j26pija wrote

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

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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