Comment 70582

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted October 14, 2011 at 15:35:41 in reply to Comment 70577

I just don't buy it. This phenomena has been extensively studied and documented, and my anthropological training makes it a little difficult to discount that many first-hand experiences. Having seen more examples than I could count across a couple of continents, I just can't discount the existence of gentrification because it hasn't been totally demographically modelled.

Individuals may be more likely to stay in their units where possible in neighbourhoods under siege, but given the increase in evictions and lack of nearby replacement, it will clearly have an impact on the make-up of an area. And while the addition of some higher-income people isn't necessarily a bad thing, the process all-too often turns toward actively removing lower-income people from the area through "slum clearances" and Guliani-style policing.

This issue is an enormous concern to marginalized people here and all over the world - whether or not they can academically articulate it. Talk to people in plain terms - you'll hear it.

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