Comment 112568

By highasageorgiapine (registered) | Posted July 06, 2015 at 16:52:33 in reply to Comment 112552

i was making that reference in direct response to the quote that this essay was one part of some non-existent "growing threat to urbanization." i'm not disagreeing that many people believe that we need to develop proactive and thoughtful policies, but there is also this very troubling urgency that people have attached to growth in hamilton that is captured in the quote above that result in poor planning decisions.

i don't think anyone can plausibly deny that gentrification of many neighborhoods is happening rapidly. as a result, i don't think there is much of an argument where affluence doesn't factor into that. most people probably don't identify as "affluent" but that doesn't change the fact that urbanization is being increasingly driven by individuals with greater income and education levels.

seeing many of the changes to hamilton has been nice for me, as i have been fortunate enough to benefit from them. there are those who have not and will not, and telling them that "well we have some new Mac buildings and cool places to eat" when they are struggling to find an affordable, clean place to live while having access to necessary services doesn't seem very compassionate. no one here is likely to agree with the anarchist essay, but it doesn't mean that the experiences of this person are invalid. given certain circumstances, i'm sure many people here could have been on the wrong end of gentrification.

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