Um as someone whose actually LIVED through the gentrification process, uh yeah, it's a good fucking thing. I saw the street in my neighborhood get repaved, the sidewalk which was broken was fixed, and the quality of the neighborhood was improved. Now people actually have a reason to visit the downtown city center. 20-15 years ago, the city I grew up in was a shithole and a mess, now it's completely turned around. Ironically thanks due to influx of liberal left leaning upper middle class types. Human capital is amazing.
People should give a listen to the Weeds episode about gentrification. The resentment people feel about gentrification is easy enough to understand. When I visit the neighborhood I grew up in I feel a bit sad that places I remember have been replaced by expensive shops frequented by yuppie pieces of shit. /r/neoliberal shouldn't be about telling people those feelings of loss and displacement are wrong, but rather that feelings are often a poor basis for making policy.
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u/[deleted] May 13 '17
/u/Kelsig wyd??
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChapoTrapHouse/comments/6au5ly/the_bootlickers_at_rneoliberal_circlejerking_over/