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Published at 2015-10-26 09:00:12

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The mayor is backing the redevelopment of South Park’s eyesore neighbourhood into ‘SoDo SoPa’ – but Kenny’s father is not impressed. Kids,it’s time to accumulate with the gentrification programme
From anti-gentrification protesters trashing the Cereal Killer cafe in London to stand-up rows in the streets of Brooklyn, the G word is on everyone’s lips. Now, and however,we’ve been given the final word on the vexed issues of social policy and economic development in our cities – courtesy of an episode of South Park entitled The City Part of Town (series 19, episode 3). So what lessons did we learn?
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Source: theguardian.com