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Mayors Discuss Ways to Stop Gentrification
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:41 am
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:41 am
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Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:56 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Reed said mayors can refuse to grant building permits and can block the use of tax incentives for developments they feel may harm neighborhood cohesiveness.
Imagine if someone said this about keeping minorities out of white neighborhoods.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:04 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:If?
Imagine if someone said this about keeping minorities out of white neighborhoods.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:07 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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Imagine if someone said this about keeping minorities out of white neighborhoods.
Thats funny because that's all I hear about from people who live in Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:08 am to Hog on the Hill
New York, NY
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:09 am to LarrytheGolfer
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Thats funny because that's all I hear about from people who live in Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills.
The mayors?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:10 am to themunch
quote:What about it?
New York, NY
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:14 am to LarrytheGolfer
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Thats funny because that's all I hear about from people who live in Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills.
The people there go to high profile mayor's conventions and recommend keeping blacks out by blocking permits and raising taxes?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:17 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:lol at this guy thinking gentrification = white people moving in (edit: actually the OP said this too, sorry for attributing it to you first, GeauxTiger)
Imagine if someone said this about keeping minorities out of white neighborhoods.
Because only white people are wealthy.
At least in NYC and SF, gentrification looks very diverse. And the problems caused by gentrification aren't about race, they're about poor people being displaced from where they've lived for decades, and about the neighborhood losing its character. There's a real loss.
With that said, I believe that gentrification is a natural economic process and I don't think it should be stopped. Gentrification occurs when people act freely in their own interests (people buying cheaper real estate and fixing it up). There's obviously nothing inherently wrong with that, even if it indirectly makes life harder for someone who's lived in the neighborhood much longer.
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 8:23 am
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:22 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
In B4 Tigah in the ATL says something about how hard it is to be white.
Let's dispel any quaint thoughts about equality , etc. government discrimination is ok in this country, so long as it is directed toward white people.
Let's dispel any quaint thoughts about equality , etc. government discrimination is ok in this country, so long as it is directed toward white people.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:26 am to Hog on the Hill
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And the problems caused by gentrification aren't about race, they're about poor people being displaced from where they've lived for decades, and about the neighborhood losing its character. There's a real loss.
I think it's fair to say that the context of these quotes are about race. It was as the Essence festival afterall.
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With that said, I believe that gentrification is a natural economic process and I don't think it should be stopped. Gentrification occurs when people act freely in their own interests (people buying cheaper real estate and fixing it up). There's obviously nothing inherently wrong with that, even if it indirectly makes life harder for someone who's lived in the neighborhood much longer.
Agreed.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:31 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:Horrible term. Absolutely horrible!
Gentrification
Gentry refers specifically to a "you-didn't-build-that" class of people supposedly gifted by position and birth.
Calling community reclamation "gentrification" is demonstrable of the pathetic nature of current politicized dialog.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:39 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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AKA known as stopping whitey from moving into "their" neighborhoods.
And at no point in time did someone say "hey, let's stop trashing our neighborhoods, driving down real estate prices, and giving people an incentive to snatch it up and gentrify it."
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:39 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Gentrification refers to what happens when an old, relatively poor neighborhood becomes popular again with an influx of new, wealthier residents. The higher property values that result can lead to higher rents or property taxes and drive longtime residents out of places they and their families may have lived in for decades.
Yeah that's just tuurible.
How dare they improve the community.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:02 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Reed said mayors can refuse to grant building permits and can block the use of tax incentives for developments they feel may harm neighborhood cohesiveness.
Odds this same guy supports Section 8 and mixed income housing?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:10 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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AKA known as stopping whitey from moving into "their" neighborhoods.
Gentrification can occur without a significant shift in racial make-up. Its happening in my neighborhood right now.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:12 am to SpidermanTUba
quote:And what neighborhood is that?
Gentrification can occur without a significant shift in racial make-up. Its happening in my neighborhood right now.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:13 am to PrimeTime Money
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And what neighborhood is that?
Mid-city by Delgado.
Put it this way we wouldn't have been able to afford to live in this neighborhood if we had bought today.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:15 am to SpidermanTUba
So now your house is worth more. What's wrong with that?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:15 am to SpidermanTUba
That's a good thing, that Mid City corridor is a great area. Higher real estate value = less crime = better place to live and raise a family.
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