#Gentrification

Essential Borker

workingdog_

Can you afford to live where you grew up, on your current income? Talking about how much it costs now, not when you were a kid. I definitely can't afford

sam deutsch

samdman95

let me get this straight: someone bought a $1M single family mansion, and then added two floors and turned it into 8 apartments that go for $1000/month?that's like, quite literally,

Emily Badger

emilymbadger

I've been revisiting a lot of history about 1960s urban unrest — and kept coming back to the thought that some of those scarred neighborhoods are the sites today of

Darrell Owens

IDoTheThinking

I'm getting real sick and tired of people calling bus and bike lanes "gentrification" when in reality they just wanna park and go 50 mph without giving up a lane

Committee of 100 Years of Solitude

alexbaca

We've been over this. Ari's lawsuits didn't do shit. Other cities gentrified more. Big bummer that I used to work for @wcp, at this rate.https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/508617/whats-behind-d-c-s-gentrification-ranking-dr

#Dear white feminists: I am not the one

Kamalaallday

There’s a strong correlation between white fauxgressivism, white saviorism and gentrification. Their parents left our communities during white flight, they decided to come back, co-opt our movements and displace us

Andrew Pollock

Fischbob

If we want to get gentrification in the Uptown under control, or at least ensure it doesn’t result in displacement, we need to make space (both physical and policy) for

Nia ✨⚡️🌙

_johnsonator

Overall I agree with this article, but I don’t like how it frames gentrification as a individual issue that can be fixed by simply choosing to live elsewhere. Gentrification is

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VamonosLA

I have my disagreements for sure but I agree with what a lot of @awalkerinLA says in this piece and I don’t think it deserved much of the criticism it

Nia ✨⚡️🌙

_johnsonator

Gentrification takes that aren’t grounded in an analysis of land use patterns and its role in racial inequality https://twitter.com/johnmanuelarias/status/1295406265263366146 Land use is one of those issues that’s more important than

Tracy Jan

TracyJan

This is what white supremacy leads to: the destruction of Black lives and Black wealth, the impact of which reverberates a century after the #TulsaMassacre Let us never forget.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/17/tulsa-massacr

Zack Subin 🥑 🏳️‍🌈

zack_subin

The template for zoning reform is becoming apparent. It must include several elements in order to be fully effective and equitable. 1) Legalize #MissingMiddle housing everywhere. There is no

The Hoodoisie

hoodoisie

The Adventures of #LoriLIEfoot, The Displacer! Today, @chicagosmayor directly introduced the #LandmarkOrdinance that would designate Pilsen as a "landmark district." Sounds nice. But this is just thinly veiled gentrification by

Michael Tae Sweeney

mtsw

Like, People desperately want the idea that building is bad to be true and I have no idea why. Buildings are obviously necessary, a growing population obviously needs a growing

Luke Klipp 🏳️‍🌈

lukehklipp

Hey #HousingTwitter, no need to dunk on John for his take on this new housing. Yes, it went through myriad reviews, includes affordable housing, etc.The question should be: Why do

porochista khakpour

PKhakpour

I am sorry, but a young Black queer woman makes a thread here about moving to Bali after the stresses of this past year in America & you all just

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