Gentrification: Benefits Or Drawbacks Of Gentrification?

As a New Yorker, the author bases his article in the big apple and starts it off by notifying the audience that New York residents are familiar with gentrifying all too well. Davidson continues on to state that “Gentrification doesn’t need to be something that one group inflicts on another…” (349), rather, he suggests that everyone be on the same page when it comes to developing their communities. Later on in the article Davidson brings up a vital point that Jonathan Rose, a “private do-gooder” developer presents, “…the key is to make sure that residents and shop-keepers in low-income neighborhoods have equity and a political voice, before a real estate surge” (352). The point the

There are many perspectives surrounding the issue of gentrification. People who are Pro-gentrification usually focus on the positive aspects gentrification

Gentrification is only benefiting the new residents who receive cheaper housing yet are still close to downtown. As well as proprietors who are generating the revenue from the new lofts and homes. Leaving the established community to fend for itself, or uproot. Rebuilding a dilapidated area should be a joint effort between the existing and incoming residents. The community should not feel as if they do not matter and have no say. Nonetheless, that is how the inhabitants feel, as if they do not have a voice. Gentrification is pushing out the low-income residents, and ushering in the high-income ones. Even though the claims have been made that gentrifying a neighborhood brings in more revenue and benefits the community as a whole, there have been insufficient results. The only renovating that has been done to beautify East Austin was completed by neighborhood organizations with community support, not by the city. Further proving that gentrification is

Based on my understanding of gentrification, the practice seems pretty negative to societies. Low-income families are often not given the resources that are needed for them to survive. While new, renovated facilities may benefit the well established newcomers, the longtime residents are suffering. When the class visited Braddock, PA, we saw that there were new building, but they were all very expensive. Rent is also going up as businessmen buy out

This all started with the rise of “Affordable housing”, where a local nonprofit buys a piece of land and build a house for the needy in it. Now that might sound like a great idea for those who are faced with rising house prices in the downtown area, but it is just what those builders want. To push the poor

Gentrification needs to stop. People’s lives have been adversely affected by higher income individuals moving into their neighborhood. It happens in really poor, neglected areas where rich suburban people move into those poor neighborhoods and change everything, supposedly making them better. While trying to “better” the community, the new property owners are knocking down houses in neighborhoods like East Austin with great historical value to build higher priced residences, raising the property value which makes low income families struggle to keep their heads above water.

So far in the 21st century gentrification has brought many lucrative opportunities to those who can take them. New buildings are going up and the city is growing and expanding. The article continues by saying “while gentrification can cause social discord, it doesn’t produce measurably more departures from neighborhood” (In Defense of Gentrification). This goes against the notion that gentrification is the main reason people are moving out of urban areas. Statistically, in many places there is no evidence that a gentrifying area will have greater departures than a non gentrifying one.

Inequality has been the country’s timeless struggle. Throughout the course of the United States’ history, there have been processes that have given a certain group of people the upper hand in a circumstance, thus fueling inequality in our nation. An ongoing process that negatively effects the lower-class and benefits the upper-class is called gentrification. Gentrification has been defined as “the replacement of the low-income, inner-city working-class residents by middle- or upper-class households, either through the market for existing housing or demolition to make way for new upscale housing construction” (Hammel and Wyly, 1996, p.250). Gentrification is deleterious because it “revitalizes” areas where low income residents reside in, thus causing the displacement and allows affluent residents to flood the given area whilst changing the entire environment from its original state. In my paper, I will be discussing how the process of gentrification begins and what it entails, define longtime residents, and describe the feelings of displacement felt by these residents.

Gentrification is the process of taking distressed inner city neighborhoods and upgrading them to be more attractive to upscale skilled workers, and major corporations; where the neighborhood is converted to more affluent residential use. Studies profile most gentrifiers to be affluent, young, single, urban professionals and young, married couples who are both wage earners and have no children or small families. Housing improvements, city service upgrades and expansion of the local economy is often attributed to these gentrifiers. There are many New York City neighborhoods in recent years that have gone through gentrification. Some of those neighborhoods include Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn and Harlem to name a few. Gentrification can be positive for all involved if the government is able to employ successful provisions where the negatives turn into positives and existing members of the community won’t become unable to afford to continue to live in their residences due to rising housing costs and thus be forced out to live elsewhere. Support mechanisms must be in place for the current community to be able to reside and blend into the newly redeveloped community.

Simpson) and how people way of living changes when they are faced with a different way on a daily basis and how the poor are being driven away by landlords to make space for the rich. All of these are true and I do agree with them when people are absolutely forced to change their lifestyle, move out or get evicted, those cases are just plain cruel and should not be forced upon anyone. But being forced into all of these is not always the case, many times people living in those areas adapt and stay there and be considered middle class because of their change in lifestyle which is good and usually the populous who doesn’t adapt can move to another area that hasn’t been gentrified yet thus they aren’t being subjected to homelessness. Richer classes did not get rich by not sharing what they have but they usually have more money due to their lifestyle and working hard for their money, the lifestyle change can be good for lower classes as it may force some into a higher standard of living which they would like to maintain therefore work harder. Many have even pointed out that gentrification isn’t really a result of gentrification and class but it has other causes and the lower class homeowners usually rather stay in the area because of the increased amount of amenities available, nevertheless, gentrification seems bad for the living populace in a micro point of view but it is ultimately beneficial in a macro point of view to the society as a whole. However, I do believe that landlords, companies and individuals who do the gentrifying should give more time and services to the population that already lives in areas

First, let's start with what gentrification is. Google defines it as “the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste”, but the image Gentrification usually evokes when brought into discussion is hipsters moving into a run-down but charming neighborhood and transforming it into something completely different. What is a hipster? Some may call them the fairy godmothers of the once neglected area, and others may refer to them as the monsters that are displacing families to make an artisan beard oil shop, but we’ll touch on that later.

Gentrification in Chicago is kicking thousands of low income people out of their homes, but can it be a good thing? “Gentrification is the process of renewing and renovating urban, low-income neighborhoods, usually to help accommodate middle and upper class citizens causing an increase in property values. This often leads to many lower class residents abandoning the community and the foot print they may have left there. The nice part of this act is that it can put a good impact on the city and its economy. But who is this affected the most and how can we help? I know that this act can hurt a lot of people, but I do believe it has more positive effects than negative.

Nonetheless, technology advances in gentrification can also have a negative side effect on the population. Gentrification brought a negative impact upon San Francisco in the past years. The side effects lead countless of citizens to

Gentrification has been a controversial issue both in urban planning and politics primarily due to the displacement of poor people by the rich folks (Shaw & Hagemans, 2015). Many individuals have viewed gentrification as an illegal act that should be avoided at all costs. On the other hand, another group of people believe that gentrification is the way forward to promoting growth and development. With such contrasting ideas, this paper is going to take a look at gentrification from a positive and negative perspective, its effects, and how it can be prevented or contained. Apart from this, the paper will also address the following questions.

Gentrification would have the potential to be good if the people who have been long-time residences got to live in and enjoy the new community. Unfortunately, the opposite often takes place with gentrification. Current residents often get evicted and displaced due to rising rent and new demands by the people coming in. The people getting displaced are often minorities who get evicted from their own neighborhoods before being able to experience the changes for themselves. Before people are forced to leave, the state gives them a voucher. A voucher is a discount the state gives you to leave and go to another town. With this voucher you can only go to certain places. You can only go where the voucher tells you to go. For example, if you currently live in South Central, Los Angeles and the voucher says you can move to Watts, then can