That's the title of a recent episode of the WNYC podcast about gentrification: There Goes the Neighborhood.
Kai Wright, host of the podcast and features editor at The Nation, and DW Gibson, one of the podcast's reporters, talk about some of that complexity while listeners share their stories of changing neighborhoods.
@BrianLehrer priced out of BedStuy, bought in SunsetPark. One of few blacks for miles. Went from Gentrified to Gentrifier.
— clay williams (@ultraclay) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer spent 30 years in Bed-Stuy, liked the new amenities, but can’t afford it. SunsetPark reminds my wife and I of NY we grew up in.
— clay williams (@ultraclay) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer @kai_wright great podcast As a white 20s architect, I am trying to be more conscious of my gentrifier role @ home in Bay Ridge.
— Patrick McAndrews (@mcandp2) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer @kai_wright for me: I think it starts as seeing the neighborhood more than just an affordable area. Asking: where is my niche?
— Patrick McAndrews (@mcandp2) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer In my peer group, gentrification is like racism. It exists but somehow no one is individually to blame. (1/2)
— Strawberita Dreams (@grownupusername) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer Millenials should enjoy what's in a hood other than cheap rent + support those businesses rather than open new businesses
— Strawberita Dreams (@grownupusername) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer We act as if people responsible for gentrification are "other" BUT it's our building-owning neighbors who are cashing out.
— Julie Raimondi (@JulieRaimondi) April 27, 2016
@BrianLehrer Missing so much of heart of mattr by focusing on personal interactions: prob is real estate running abs wild,doing whtevr wish
— Cassius C. (@Cassiuslives) April 27, 2016