Quote:
Originally Posted by IluvATX
The value of a city's downtown area has a lot to do with its culture. If we relocate Rainey street, we won't get its character back. I'm all for density and infill, but we have to be careful to preserve certain areas that keep Austin as vibrant as it is. Regarding gentrification, when you close local businesses for apartments with limited ground floor retail. That retail is almost always corporate owned eg. 7-Eleven, AT&T, etc. thus gentrification.  |
Gentrification isn't when (white) local businesses are displaced. It's when poor less wealthy people are displaced by more wealthy people. These (white) bars displaced/ran out the historical (brown) residents of Rainey Street. The gentrification card really can't be used here against Ziegler Cooper.
Threaded Mode