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In response to "I feel like cities need to control or stop it sometimes because you're going to lose the working class. -- nm" by Krusty

I tend to think we also risk losing the rich diversity (of culture, race, income, experience) and turn cities into rich white playgrounds. -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Aug 11 '15, 06:58

And I tend to think we all lose something from that.

(I say this with full awareness that I lived in a Chicago neighborhood that was just turning the tide into full-on gentrification, and was therefore a causal part of it. And with full awareness that I now live in an NYC neighborhood that gentrified maybe a decade to 15 years ago.)

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All those wonderful local restaurants that serve you food from around the world might not be around much longer. - Krusty Aug 11, 07:03 2
- Separate (at least in part) from the gentrification conversation (and completely selfishly) I HATE the suburbanization of cities. - ty97 Aug 11, 07:06 1
  - Yup. I get so angry when I read about a chain opening up. There's going to be a Lowe's in midtown. *smh* - Krusty Aug 11, 07:20

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I tend to think we also risk losing the rich diversity (of culture, race, income, experience) and turn cities into rich white playgrounds. -- (edited)

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