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a-german-muffin t1_j9kz7wi wrote

Reply to comment by 99centstalepretzel in Striking Temple University graduate students overwhelming vote down proposed contract by diatriose

> building a whole new stadium that will already displace the people who live in North Philly

The dead proposal was entirely on Temple-owned land — the issues were trash, noise and the stadium consuming an entire block of 15th between Norris and Montgomery.

Meanwhile, you have two landlords owning almost the entire stretch of 16th north of Montgomery, a bunch of LLCs snapping up properties along Norris, Carlisle, etc.—that displacement's happening regardless of the stadium, unfortunately.

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thecoffeecake1 t1_j9l51y8 wrote

This is the thing. I wasn't for the stadium if the neighborhood was against it, but the much bigger problem is the private student housing that keeps pushing further out into the neighborhood and affecting property values and housing costs.

I thought a solution could have been Temple agreeing to construct more student housing on campus (significantly more, like another Morgan sized building) and requiring all non-commuting freshmen and sophomores to live on campus in exchange for the stadium. Seems like that could've been a huge win-win.

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Friendly-Walrus t1_j9lmegv wrote

You mean improving property values?

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thecoffeecake1 t1_j9lnesa wrote

Would you like to explain to the class what kind of effect that has on low income, non-property owning residents

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templestate t1_j9mehvw wrote

Having known a few I am pretty sure the locals around Temple are not typically renters.

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Tall-Ad5755 t1_j9nhyxh wrote

Lots of generational homeowners…some go back 50-60 years.

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99centstalepretzel t1_j9l0mvr wrote

Oh, I know about the deeded land. The thing that is most frustrating still, is the problems that Temple still has to deal with, when it comes to their neighbors (landlords taking advantage of the real estate, trash, etc) in order to be "good neighbors" outside of the lip service that they do once a year for MLK Day of Service or whatever.

Nobody wants to work on long-term solutions to these problems, though. That's why gentrification (and what we saw on Super Bowl Sunday, with car-flipping) is still happening without the new stadium. And a new stadium is still not a good idea.

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