[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by ardecila

You can even get deals in the section between Damen and Western, which is almost entirely intact (and infill on Madison has mostly filled that in). That’s not even EGP, it’s still Near West Side.

My hesitation is just to invest in a neighborhood that’s been African-American for decades. A Black neighborhood has never gentrified in Chicago. That’s partly racism, partly crime, but I think it has more to do with the utter absence of neighborhood commercial strips. These neighborhoods are objectively worse places to live than, say, most Latino neighborhoods that have intact commercial streets and thriving local business communities, with very few vacant lots overall.

What ”historically black” neighborhood in Chicago will ever gentrify if it hasn’t yet happened in Bronzeville?