Thanks for publishing this. Having grown up in the 1960s and 1970s, I was witness to what was then called "urban blight." What many people don't realize is that many poor neighborhoods which were being "gentrified" were in fact healthy working-class or middle-class neighborhoods before crime and deterioration set in, and many of those do…
Thanks for publishing this. Having grown up in the 1960s and 1970s, I was witness to what was then called "urban blight." What many people don't realize is that many poor neighborhoods which were being "gentrified" were in fact healthy working-class or middle-class neighborhoods before crime and deterioration set in, and many of those doing the gentrifying are probably the grandchildren of people who lived in such neighborhoods. It is certainly possible for gentrification to be taken to an extreme, but the basic phenomenon of making a neighborhood safer and better kept-up should not be disparaged.
Thanks for publishing this. Having grown up in the 1960s and 1970s, I was witness to what was then called "urban blight." What many people don't realize is that many poor neighborhoods which were being "gentrified" were in fact healthy working-class or middle-class neighborhoods before crime and deterioration set in, and many of those doing the gentrifying are probably the grandchildren of people who lived in such neighborhoods. It is certainly possible for gentrification to be taken to an extreme, but the basic phenomenon of making a neighborhood safer and better kept-up should not be disparaged.