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[quote=Anonymous]Developers are a convenient scapegoat for society's ills because two otherwise disparate groups tend to despise them: 1) established, rich, and generally white people, and 2) low-income minorities.

Established homeowners are (rightfully) going to be nervous about anything that significantly changes their neighborhoods, particularly if they think it will negatively impact property values.  Sometimes this is well-intention; they bought a house in a neighborhood with a certain feel, and they want it to continue.  And sometimes that's thinly-veiled racism; namely, that the look-and-feel they seek is a neighborhood without poor/brown people.  Developers are the easy thing to target because they're often the ones seeking to change these neighborhoods.

Low-income minorities, on the other hand, are concerned that developers will bring gentrification that will ultimately force them out of their homes.  Many/most of renters, so they won't even see the benefit of increased property values as the neighborhood gentrifies.  The though, which isn't entirely wrong, is that developers are benefiting while poor minorities suffer.[/quote]

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