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FunLife64 t1_iwwiene wrote

Reply to comment by downpat in Oak Bakeshop on east side has opened! (more details in comments) by n0m_chompsky

I’m simply saying there’s no need to call out why something should or shouldn’t be in a neighborhood. If a business opens in an area and can thrive (and the demographics point to a Jewish bakery doing well there), then good for them. If that b&w market was thriving, it probably would still be there.

Not every business relies on populations within 5 blocks to be its customers. It could be there’s actually vacant spaces to rent (which there aren’t many in, say, Hope Village).

Just labeling new business as gentrifiers and progressives contradicting themselves isn’t a helpful start to any conversation…..

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downpat t1_iwxv7xl wrote

This place, with an “executive pastry chef,” replacing an arguably-sketchy bodega across from a public park named for a prominent member of the Black community (https://www.billytaylorhouse.com/billy-taylor-bio), in a historically Black neighborhood of Providence, is a peak example of gentrification. Don’t be ridiculous!

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FunLife64 t1_iwzqgif wrote

Why did the bodega close?

Im not arguing about whether something is defined as “gentrification”, but my god the east side is known as the fanciest area of Providence. To be shocked that things like a bakery would open in that neighborhood is kinda absurd. You can throw a tennis ball to near $1M houses….that have been that expensive for years.

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