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[quote=Anonymous]There are ways for white, UMC/wealthy people to move into areas without gentrifying them. The problem is that many buy out a bunch of cheap properties as “investments” in anticipation of a property value boom and also protest against affordable housing projects and sometimes building new housing in general. They do this to limit the supply and drive up the prices. That’s what causes gentrification. Gentrification is exactly what the intentions of many folks posting on this forum is. Everyone is eyeing inner-beltway PG, Southern Arlington, Frederick, and Alexandria as the next “investments.” When they can’t afford the already completely gentrified suburbs, they go after the ones with the large percentage of vulnerable people and destroy those people’s livelihoods and communities. It’s absolutely okay to move to these places poorer burbs. But go there to live there, invest in the communities (by investing in the schools, the infrastructure, the local businesses, and the social programs). Some parts of Howard County are good examples of what integration without gentrification looks like, and those places are the best for everyone involved. It’s just crazy to me that so many people here think they can just intrude any community they want and tell the residents that they aren’t deserving of living there anymore because they want it. Gentrification is one of the main factors that solidifies generational poverty, especially among disenfranchised minority groups. God forbid someone richer than you comes to where you live and does the same thing to you. [/quote]

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