I cannot say it enough. I hate gentrification. It is not sustainable and it is thinly veiled systemic segregation. Especially here in Philly. They shut down a shit ton of schools these past few years, raised rent, and keep knocking down row homes (which need a tad bit of tlc to be livable(so wasteful) ) to build condominiums and shit, all over the city, and half of them haven't even reached capacity yet. The low income and middle class are being forced out of the city and at what cost?? All these fucking empty homes people can be living in! The people who keep the city running will be forced to move or face homelessness and then what will happen? Last time the city tried this shit, demand did not meet supply and everything fell to ruin. It was left to the low-income to pick up the pieces and now its happening all over again. Just because we got the first World Heritage City title for the US does not mean city planners can do whatever the fuck they want with no consequence. The greed, lack of foresight and blatant disregard for a majority of the cities residents (long time) will come back to bite everyone in their asses. They took money away from schools, infrastructure (did they just forget about the main break this winter?), DoT, and social services to give to city offical's contracting friends so center city could get a facelift. The mere fact the city's (voted) most influential person Alan Domb, went from real estate agent to city counselman is a huge concern in and of itself. This is a beautiful city rich with culture and heritage and they're throwing the exact thing that makes it special, away.
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