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jersey_girl660 t1_izh3yx2 wrote

Reply to comment by Dryheavemorning in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

I said there’s only so much room. And yes I’ve been to north Philadelphia….. north Philadelphia is not all of Philadelphia. There’s only so many empty lots you can build on before you have to start buying existing buildings and remodeling or demolishing them. the city is only 143 sq miles. Other then annexing land that is the size it’s always going to be. You can only build y amount on x amount of land.

If gentrification involved only building new units there would be no displacement. Old and bee residents could live together. But that’s not usually the case. Yes sometimes they build on empty lots or abandoned buildings but they just as often buy existing homes to turn into whatever it is they’re building.

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jersey_girl660 t1_izh3eqn wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

They are being displaced. It doesn’t matter if it’s equal to normal levels of population change. That’s not the issue.

It’s being replaced by higher income residents and then having to move to an area with similar issues as the old one… and not being able to benefit from the positive changes to the neighborhood as a result of being displaced

Displaced : cause (something) to move from its proper or usual place.

They are literally being displaced.

“The Fair Housing Act can be used as litigation against gentrification because the urban development process of higher-income individuals into lower-income neighborhoods leads to displacement”

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jersey_girl660 t1_izh12zm wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

Literally none of that is what I was saying but okay…. Lmao

I never once said displaced or not residents get poorer. Lmao. Or that their commuting distances increased.

This is not the issues with gentrification. And anybody who thinks those are the issues has not studied gentrification enough.

And again the last part says exactly what I’ve been saying. Most residents are displaced by new higher income residents. Say it louder for those in the back 😅

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jersey_girl660 t1_izh0c4m wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

No it doesn’t. I never once stated that no residents stayed behind. Again the quote I provided you literally says most are replaced.

Just because a small amount stay doesn’t disprove what I’m saying… at all.

“That reinforces previous research, also released by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, that found that demographic change in gentrifying neighborhoods was a result of typical levels of population churn in lower-income neighborhood — but with existing residents more often replaced by higher-income people than by similarly situated poor people”

I never once stated every single resident get replaced. Most do. Gentrification has both pros and cons which is why it has to be done right.

Also if you had asked me I would’ve told you there are benefits for those that are able to stay in the neighborhood…:. But you didn’t even bother.

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jersey_girl660 t1_izh01nf wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

We used studies in my class.

Also from your study

“That reinforces previous research, also released by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, that found that demographic change in gentrifying neighborhoods was a result of typical levels of population churn in lower-income neighborhood — but with existing residents more often replaced by higher-income people than by similarly situated poor people”

This is exactly the point I’m making and what the research on gentrification overwhelmingly shows. Congrats 🎉

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jersey_girl660 t1_izgzniz wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

“That reinforces previous research, also released by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, that found that demographic change in gentrifying neighborhoods was a result of typical levels of population churn in lower-income neighborhood — but with existing residents more often replaced by higher-income people than by similarly situated poor people”

This is exactly what I’m saying . You literally just proved my point bud.

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jersey_girl660 t1_izgzimw wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

I literally took a class on it.

Also that article says people moved in but old residents weren’t displaced but then goes on to say the new residents replaced poorer residents…..

Very reliable. It’s Philadelphia… there’s only so much room for new construction before you have to start replacing residents.

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jersey_girl660 t1_izgryrq wrote

Reply to comment by Bartleby_TheScrivene in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

With rising property values comes rising tax bills as well as a higher COL.

That’s why people are pushed out from gentrification. If you are already struggling to pay the bills a rising tax bill along with higher food costs, gas costs, utilities, cars, etc can easily price someone out.

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jersey_girl660 t1_izgrteh wrote

Reply to comment by Bartleby_TheScrivene in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning

Gentrification doesn’t fix that either. They end up not being able to afford the neighborhood and the cycle repeats when they move into another impoverished/ low income/ working class neighborhood.

In order to not have this happen gentrification has to be done very carefully. And it’s often not done that way in the name of $$$$

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jersey_girl660 t1_iyewzdk wrote

Reply to comment by mistersausage in D.C.’s police department is recruiting in Philly, offering a $20k hiring bonus. The Philadelphia Police Department isn’t worried. by redeyeblink

They don’t have time to properly deal with those types of crimes in rich suburbs who have barely any violent crime. Is it any surprise a severely understaffed department in one of America’s most violent cities doesn’t have the time?

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jersey_girl660 t1_iyewgpd wrote

Reply to comment by kilometr in D.C.’s police department is recruiting in Philly, offering a $20k hiring bonus. The Philadelphia Police Department isn’t worried. by redeyeblink

Sadly this is really common even in surrounding government agencies. I got hired by the state of New Jersey and it took almost 6 months to start. Not to mention the pay is incredibly low I cannot afford to survive solely on my salary. Historically government work attracted people with good benefits but you were still supposed to be able to live on the salary even if it wasn’t as comfortable of a life.

You can’t pay your bills with health insurance so I’m not surprised people don’t want to work for government agencies when the hiring process takes half a year; you get paid laughably low wages, and you may never even get the pension you’re supposed to get.

If they paid workers more that would partially fix recruitment(and get more people in HR to actually get the onboarding process to be quicker) however that’s a non starter with the public. So government institutions continue to wither away their job base.

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