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TizonaBlu t1_janjhkp wrote

Reply to comment by weedandboobs in NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds by Ice_Business

I know this is unpopular but gentrification is what brought lower crime rate, stores, and other amenities into neighborhoods that didn’t have them.

People should see West Chelsea before it was gentrified, it was just warehouses and gas stations.

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LongIsland1995 t1_janklez wrote

Literally the only bad thing is the increased rents (and the consequences of that)

But landlords are jacking up rents even in places like Fordham Heights (for instance) where there is zero gentrification, so you may as well get some benefit out of it.

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Due_Masterpiece_3601 t1_jar0hvq wrote

When poor people move you merely displace crime, you don't fix it. It's no wonder that more buying power brings more amenities.

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therealowlman t1_jb4zl9y wrote

People prefer to live and establish roots near their own. That’s just normal in any big diverse city.

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Due_Masterpiece_3601 t1_jb4zwkp wrote

It's not because they move voluntarily, it's because the cost of everything has gone up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-black-harlem.html

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therealowlman t1_jb51sbx wrote

Don’t know about that community but in general most communities live close before gentrification.

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Due_Masterpiece_3601 t1_jb51z58 wrote

Before. But the reason they leave is not to be amongst themselves, it's because they can't afford it. That's the whole argument, displacement.

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