It's definitely a specific discipline; there are classes and trade groups, conventions, etc. Look it up!

Until the citizens form a benevolent REIT and start making the change themselves, you will find this not an uphill battle but a total hoisting by your own physics-defying bootstraps as the RE owners are the same ones who spend their profits controlling the local zoning/mayor's boards, and usually replacing the ones who don't play ball.

A reminder of when we used to build things in these rundown cities...

If you look at the photo source, the artist ignores the perfect part of the photo subjects - their happy beaming smiling faces.

Coretta and Martin both have gorgeous smiles that convey all the gravity of the moment. Whereas the hug is a bit awkward and candid…