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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]in Baltimore gentrification could proceed without displacement, due to lots of vacant land and buildings.

But it seems that in recent years most gentrification has focused on formerly working class white areas such as Locust Point, Hampden, Brewers Hill, etc.

It seems to have stalled out in african american areas,like Hollins Market, near Charles Village, west of Patterson Park, etc.

Has Baltimore exhausted the supply of easily transformable areas?   Is there sufficient demand to transform the harder areas?[/quote]

You do realize that all that vacant land exists because (poor, black) people already were displaced.[/quote]

If you define displacement as people leaving for any reason.  I meant displacement  by gentrification.  The places with all the vacant land and houses have not experienced gentrification.[/quote]

They (not all, but many) have experienced displacement due to a gentrification plan that failed.  The area around the Hopkins Medical campus is a key example.  People left because homes were taken by eminent domain: https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/02/19/book-on-hopkins-redevelopment-by-a-leader-of-the-opposition/[/quote]

That's a pretty small portion of all the vacant lots and houses in Baltimore though.    Plus given that there is so much vacant land and housing in Baltimore, the people displaced from that neighborhood could have stayed in the City if they wanted.  OP appears to think gentrification will push poor people of color out of the City, not just out of particular neighborhoods.[/quote]

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