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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] -- and the involuntary displacement has been going on for as long as there have been people struggling to make their rent. --

Right -- and this is not what could be called "a rising tide lifts all boats."

Go out and gentrify, but don't try to turn it into a benefit for the people who don't fit and can't afford the new lifestyle.[/quote]
Don't romanticize the idea that concentrations of poverty are acceptable.[/quote]

This x1,000,000.

The level of involuntary displacement is exactly the same, with or without "gentrification". The difference is that those who stay benefit from a huge increase in quality of life.

I'm curious: if we were talking about a return of black middle-class professionals to these neighborhoods, would we hear even a peep of protest? No. There's very little evidence that gentrification makes things worse, and some evidence that it makes things better for folks who remain. What seems to upset some people is that gentrification does not fix every existing social ill.[/quote]

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