05-28-2018, 08:57 AM
(05-26-2018, 01:16 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-26-2018, 12:01 PM)KevinL Wrote: "...the slow deterioration of her neighbourhood that's being overrun by students"
A neighbourhood adjacent to a educational institution is popular for students? How about that.
This is what bugs me so much. This is a change that is happening. You cannot pretend that change stops just because you refuse to accept new development. The students are coming, they can either live in YOUR house, or in more suitable housing.
One cannot stop change, all we can do is try to guide it into a form we're happier with.
This is what irks me about people saying "gentrification". Gentrification of a neighbourhood, a neighbourhood losing its character, feel, and long-time residents, happens when you refuse to accept change and new development, because the change that comes then displaces current populations. But, when you do work to both accommodate new upper-income peoples, as well as creating options for more affordable residences for people, this is how you can preserve the best parts of a neighbourhood, have more newcomers than is usually associated with residents crying "gentrification", and wind up not actually seeing gentrification consequences.