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The Times' Attack on Gentrification: Sloppy, Sloppy, Sloppy
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 07/07/2013 - 9:16pmIn a recent article entitled "Gentrifying Into the Shelters", the New York Times blamed homelessness on middle-class New Yorkers who dare to move into the city's poorer neighborhoods.
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A (Possible, Partial) Myth About Suburban Poverty
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:45amA recent blog post commenting on the growth of suburban poverty has the headline: "As Cities Prosper, Poor Move to Suburbs." The headline seems to imply a simple story: poor people priced out of the city are moving to suburbs. (In fairness, the story itself is much less simplistic). ... read more »
Evidence That Gentrification is Overrated
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 10:45amA recent article in Better Cities points out that while some transit-heavy neighborhoods in Chicago became more expensive (especially those on Chicago's north side) "transit sheds" in Chicago's south and west shed actually lost value relative to the region as a whole. In other words, rich into... read more »
Are The Poor Being Forced Into Suburbia?
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 04/21/2013 - 8:47pmI recently read a blog post explaining that smart growth and urban infill are not so smart because it forces poor people into suburbia. The logic behind this claim is, as far as I can tell, as follows: 1) infill means rising real estate values in cities, (2) rising real estate values mean... read more »
Gentrification and rent- a fuzzy connection
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 11:17amOne common argument for allowing cities to continue to decay or de-densify is the specter of gentrification: the fear that a retrofitted city might price out the poor.
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The results of de-gentrification
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 11:11amWhen a city recovers from the urban decline of the late 20th century, there is often a lot of media blather about the evils of gentrification. According to gentriphobes, working-class (mostly black) people lived together in peace and harmony before the onslaught of (mostly white) hipsters and ... read more »
Guess we don't have to worry about gentrification (or do we?)
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 2:06pmThe Pew Research Center just came out with a much-touted new study showing that American neighborhoods are becoming more economically segregated (or at least purporting to show this)
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No, Cities Aren't Losing Their Poor
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 1:59pmAccording to some media commentary, any form of civic improvement (such as, say, light rail) is dangerous because it might lead to something called gentrification (i.e. middle-class people moving back into cities) which allegedly leads to displacement (i.e. poorer people being priced out of an area ... read more »
High Demand for Transit & the Consequence of Little Supply
Submitted by erin.chantry on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 8:01pmWhat happens when you provide something that everyone wants?
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Could T.O.D. unfairly displace retailers?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 3:54pmAlan Ehrenhalt’s Assessments column in the September issue of Governing looks bittersweetly at the phenomenon of transit-oriented gentrification. The used bookstore Ehrenhalt’s daughter works at, smack between Minneapolis and St. Paul, will soon front a light rail station. Its owner fears the hi... read more »