There is a certain consequence to rezoning that cannot be mitigated. Communities can be displaced, poverty can escalate exponentially, and entire racial groups can be left in the dust as newer (wealthier) people move in. There are few ways to prevent those consequences, fewer ways to alleviate them, and fewer […]
Daily Archives: April 1, 2019
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This week’s readings addressed a topic that seems to be the root of many problems talked about in our class. Gentrification is a process of “renovation” of low-income neighborhoods that ultimately results in the displacement of the low-income residents living there by higher income/middle-class people. This process has its pros […]
In J. Vigdor’s piece called “Does Gentrification Harm the Poor?”, he discusses the distinguishing factors between the rich and the poor within a neighborhood. The political cartoon above shows a neighborhood with a clear divide between the rich and the poor. The man on the bike is depicted as […]
What a divisive topic gentrification can be. People being priced out of the places they have called home for years and years does not seem like an ideal scenario. We can definitely see that now in the New York we live in today as it is being rezoned and reinvented, […]
