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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
So you tell me, what caused displacement in my story VIA? Is it the big bad developer who saved and repaired 18 units of housing that were previously vacant on their way to being gone forever? Or is it the condition of poverty and disinvestment that caused continual rot of the housing stock spreading from one building to the next while encouraging crime and drug use?
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This is almost certainly the correct sentiment. What's typically called "gentrification" isn't all good. But investment is generally good and disinvestment is generally bad. And who's going to develop if not developers?