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The real problem is that urban areas don't have control over zoning in the outskirts of their metropolitan areas and rich suburbanites throw a shitfit whenever a poor person gets within 500m of their communities so there's no new housing being constructed. The solution is to annex those communities and rezone them against the wishes of their current inhabitants. The solution isn't even necessarily public housing, just rezoning. However in a context like the Bay Area that would/will be a herculean task
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Feb 24, 2015 18:23
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This thread went to absolute poo poo real fast
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Feb 24, 2015 18:41
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Would it be fair to say gentrification is only a problem, or much more of a problem, in the more politically fractured metro areas?
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Feb 24, 2015 20:10
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The thing is though, the 'solution' to gentrification isn't actually to prevent rich people from driving property values up and drive out poorer people, it's to ensure that all areas have adequate access to services and employment. It's not actually desirable or possible to prevent gentrification in the first place. As always, the solution is more involvement in local government and civic issues by residents
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Feb 24, 2015 21:20
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