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re: The Gentrification of New Orleans
Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:28 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:28 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Why is gentrification bad? Are we supposed to want a city that looks like a shite hole?
The first level of gentrification is good. Where houses and rent are cheap.
When it progresses, rent goes up and those that did the inital gentrification are mad they can no longer afford what they started.
They do not care that they screwed over the people before them by raising prices, but they will still bitch.
ETA: they should have bought the houses when they were cheap as shite, but didn't want to invest in the neighborhood with actual dollars, just culture.
This post was edited on 8/3/15 at 4:30 pm
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Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:35 pm to fightin tigers
Gentrification is a loaded word, but there are definitely affordability problems. Housing stock is obviously not what it was pre-K.
I think an underrated aspect is the number of doubles that have been changed to singles. I tried to get my wife to move into a double and she looked at me like I was literally insane. 50 years ago it was nbd for middle-class people to live in doubles; that's just no longer true.
I think an underrated aspect is the number of doubles that have been changed to singles. I tried to get my wife to move into a double and she looked at me like I was literally insane. 50 years ago it was nbd for middle-class people to live in doubles; that's just no longer true.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 8:14 pm to fightin tigers
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quote: Why is gentrification bad? Are we supposed to want a city that looks like a shite hole? The first level of gentrification is good. Where houses and rent are cheap. When it progresses, rent goes up and those that did the inital gentrification are mad they can no longer afford what they started. They do not care that they screwed over the people before them by raising prices, but they will still bitch. ETA: they should have bought the houses when they were cheap as shite, but didn't want to invest in the neighborhood with actual dollars, just culture. This post was edited on 8/3 at 4:30 pm
You just nailed it. Right on.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:21 pm to fightin tigers
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When it progresses, rent goes up and those that did the inital gentrification are mad they can no longer afford what they started.
So the people renting from the homeowners are turning the areas around? That makes no sense, they aren't contributing to the area (tax dollars, investing in the area, etc). Nobody should be against gentrification. If you're a renter than you aren't really responsible for the area growing and thriving. Every homeowner, ie the investors, should LOVE gentrification. This whole thing is retarded.
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