Comment 112607

By Morgan (registered) | Posted July 07, 2015 at 12:35:48 in reply to Comment 112564

Knee-jerk? I think you might in many cases mean well-considered, Borrelli. Neighbourhoods, like all other organisms, can either grow, stagnate, or decline; Gentrification is a sign of growth, and it is inevitable that some people will be displaced as a result of that growth. The results of the gentrification can be taken as /personally/ odious for those who are no longer able to afford the neighbourhood resultant from market forces, but for those who own property within it, it is equally /personally/ advantageous; no solution will be equally advantageous to all parties, so as in all other things, it is the growth of value that will determine which vision is realized.

As decline is what got our downtown where it was, and stagnation is no longer an option based on the desires of many residents, councillors, and developers for positive revitalization and change, one might as well embrace those changes as an opportunity. The east-end has many properties that will be more affordable than the projected downtown, and also has many if not all of the services necessary for low-income earners; services that can be easily relocated, if necessary. Movement to the east-end therefore seems logical.

Fighting this movement is rejecting change that can no longer be prevented. Sure, it might come out of some people's mouths as "Gentrification can't happen soon enough if it means pushing these bums to the East End", but there can be an awful lot of thought behind that simple-seeming statement.

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