Gentrification Pros And Cons
Gentrification When the term “Gentrification” comes about it is safe to assume you’ll have one of two reactions. One being the most common, you may find yourself wondering, “what on earth is that?” Two is most rare but if you reside in an effected city and are aware of the term and meaning, your initial reaction may be to feel flustered and overwrought. Are you unfamiliar with the term or what it is exactly? In short, gentrification Is the popular term or rather label for the cultural and socioeconomic changes that are occurring and are attributed to the rise of the technology field. An issue I found with gentrification is not is not with gentrification it self but rather with peoples preconceived notions and overall coverage on this
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The reason for this is that in San Francisco, the urban community has recognized all of the city’s problems, packaged them together, slapped a new name on it and found the group of people whom they will be putting at fault. Sound familiar at? We as a society are allowing for the expansion of a new hate ground and as well as a subclass of citizens that are constantly harassed throughout the city. By definition, gentrification is “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents” In short, changes are made to a cities infrastructure in order to keep up to and accommodate the fast changing world. Where as to the modern, urban definition of gentrification is to blame cities homeless issue, income gap, and race and culture dilution on a specific group of people, they who work for a tech company. All gentrifying cities need to reassess their definition and use of the word gentrification; it should no longer be used to attack and blame a group of people for issues of which they are not responsible and to begin recognizing the clear and obvious positives brought …show more content…
Many local articles such as UpOut, SFChronicle, & Kron4 have released the frightening statistic that the minority population by 2025 will decrease to 31 percent. The issue with those articles is the to them minorities only entails Mexican and African American and also disregards the amount of minorities being brought forth by the tech boom. The Wall Street Journal gather all tech employee census information and was able to outline the interesting fact that about sixty percent of the tech workforce is made up of minorities. If anything gentrification is bringing more diversity and culture to the city. Interestingly related to this topic, I stumbled upon this interesting fact while researching this topic. “Ted Egan, chief economist for San Francisco’s Controller’s Office, recently said that in the early-90s, tech workers made up less than 1 percent of city workers in San Francisco. In 2000, tech employees had risen to 3 percent of the workforce. By 2013, that number had passed 6
The reason for this is that in San Francisco, the urban community has recognized all of the city’s problems, packaged them together, slapped a new name on it and found the group of people whom they will be putting at fault. Sound familiar at? We as a society are allowing for the expansion of a new hate ground and as well as a subclass of citizens that are constantly harassed throughout the city. By definition, gentrification is “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents” In short, changes are made to a cities infrastructure in order to keep up to and accommodate the fast changing world. Where as to the modern, urban definition of gentrification is to blame cities homeless issue, income gap, and race and culture dilution on a specific group of people, they who work for a tech company. All gentrifying cities need to reassess their definition and use of the word gentrification; it should no longer be used to attack and blame a group of people for issues of which they are not responsible and to begin recognizing the clear and obvious positives brought …show more content…
Many local articles such as UpOut, SFChronicle, & Kron4 have released the frightening statistic that the minority population by 2025 will decrease to 31 percent. The issue with those articles is the to them minorities only entails Mexican and African American and also disregards the amount of minorities being brought forth by the tech boom. The Wall Street Journal gather all tech employee census information and was able to outline the interesting fact that about sixty percent of the tech workforce is made up of minorities. If anything gentrification is bringing more diversity and culture to the city. Interestingly related to this topic, I stumbled upon this interesting fact while researching this topic. “Ted Egan, chief economist for San Francisco’s Controller’s Office, recently said that in the early-90s, tech workers made up less than 1 percent of city workers in San Francisco. In 2000, tech employees had risen to 3 percent of the workforce. By 2013, that number had passed 6