Working class neighborhood

[ucbruin]

When it comes to certain topics/posts....
What happens to the "say what you mean and mean what you say" mantra?

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

What happens to the "say what you mean and mean what you say" mantra?

You would never make a good politician.
You would need to be a real good liar, with a backstage boogie that sets your pants on fire.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I stopped saying "gentrification"

That's what we call it when you retire permanently in my hometown....Gentry, Arkansas

 

[George Hatch]

"there's a trend toward remodeling and redevelopment" > gentrification.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Aerosmith.

 

[Renee Healion]

I stopped writing that a long time ago when I really listened to it being said. It is a word that flatters one at the expense of the other. It is word that can be said without thinking in one company but that rings awkward in another, and that means it is not right. If you have been in one place through cycles of redevelopment and then things just falling away, you might even have been on both sides of that particular Ferris wheel. One does not feel as good as the other.

 

[George Hatch]

I do not want to talk about people in my appraisal reports because it just opens the door to somebody taking what I'm saying about the property in a manner I do not intend.

 

[CANative]

Aerosmith.

Anaheim Stadium. September 1976. With Rick Derringer and Jeff Beck. Got crushed when the gate was rushed. Good times!

 

[Michigan CG]

I stopped writing that a long time ago when I really listened to it being said. It is a word that flatters one at the expense of the other.

I have thought about shutting down this thread a couple times because of some of the comments that I thought were borderline or inferred something that is borderline.

Gentrification is a word that describes what is happening; it is something that should not be controversial, it is just a fact.

Years ago it was considered a good thing, a neighborhood was distressed, and people came in and invested and made it better by improving homes that were not in ideal shape. the school district might have gotten more funding, the crime might have dropped and property values increased.

Today, it has been portrayed as "racist" by some in that it is chasing some people out of their neighborhoods for various reasons. How does an improved economy and neighborhood the majority of folks? There are winners and losers in every situation but if the overall result is positive how is that bad?

JFK said a rising tide lifts all boats referencing economics. His mistake was saying "all" and not most but he made a good point.

 

[CANative]

It's not "racist" (gentrification) but it often impacts minorities and low-income people in a negative way. Oakland CA is going through this. People who have lived there for generations are being economically squeezed out. Some have to live in their cars or old RV's parked along the streets. Other cities in the East Bay are also going through this. Cops and teachers can't afford to live where they work.

How is that good?