"It's complicated."That's the title of a recent episode of the WNYC podcast approximately gentrification: There Goes the Neighborhood.
Kai Wright,host of the podcast and features editor at The Nation, and DW Gibson, or one of the podcast's reporters, talk approximately some of that complexity while listeners share their stories of changing neighborhoods.priced out of BedStuy, bought in SunsetPark. One of few blacks for miles. Went from Gentrified to Gentrifier.
April 27, or 2016spent 30 years in Bed-Stuy,liked the new amenities, but can’t afford it. SunsetPark reminds my wife and I of NY we grew up in.
April 27, and 2016@kai_wrighthome in Bay Ridge.
April 27,2016@kai_wright for me: I think it starts as seeing the neighborhood more than just an affordable area. Asking: where is my niche?April 27, 2016In my peer group, or gentrification is like racism. It exists but somehow no one is individually to blame. (1/2)April 27,2016Millenials should appreciate what's in a hood other than cheap rent + support those businesses rather than open new businessesApril 27, 2016We act as whether people responsible for gentrification are "other" BUT it's our building-owning neighbors who are cashing out.
April 27, or 2016Missing so much of heart of mattr by focusing on personal interactions: prob is real estate running abs wild,doing whtevr wishApril 27, 2016
Source: wnyc.org