community and this interesting world around me.I know that places change and people do too.For now, I am going to explain what I really mean.If I were to choose a one-year research project for school it would be about gentrification.Based on Google, gentrification is the process of renovating and improving a house or district so it conforms to middle-class criteria. As I’ve gone through my mind and sit here typing, even going through my past this meaning is wrong.Gentrification does not at all confirm middle-class
2017 Gentrification Webster’s Dictionary defines gentrification as “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents.” This sounds frightening to lower class citizens. However, Justin Davidson, author of “Is Gentrification All That Bad?” claims “Gentrification doesn’t need to be something that one group inflicts on another; often
Felicia Anane English Composition 1 Persuasive Essay 12 October 2017 Effects of Gentrification Dear Editor: Some people attracted to living a long time in their communities. As a youth, I’m scared to see one day our cities will be full of homeless people, armed robbers, jobless citizen etc. All this is in the name of gentrification. Gentrification is the way of renovating and improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small business. After the renovation
Good city thinking The following essay addresses the discourse around the good city, trying to understand the importance of having a thinking on the topic rather than providing solutions for a good city. Providing solutions for the good city pose questions such as: good for whom? what is good? etc. These questions prompt that good and city are two words that form more questions than answers. In these nebula of questions urban design plays an important role because its nature is in the urban and