>> Some people like living in cities that have a mixture of incomes, cultures, and lifestyles.
Me too, generally, I'm not sure I see that as a good reason to hold things in complete stasis though. Particularly where such areas have problems with crime.
>> Furthermore, some people see the various architectures and institutions of some neighborhoods as a kind of historical treasure.
Architecture is good. "Gentrification" doesn't have to involve knocking things down (see London as an example of many, many waves of gentrification not affecting the architecture).
Institutions such as ... ?
>> They think, in a sense, that the whole neighborhood, in some form of intactness, belongs on the National Register of Historic Places, or some equivalent.
What gives people of a set ethnic or class background the right to live in a particular area and exclude other people who are not part of 'their' community? If a privileged white enclave claimed that right we would, obviously and rightly, be up in arms.
>> Some people might also decry a person's smug dismissing of such concerns as a kind of ignorance propped up by privilege.
Me too, generally, I'm not sure I see that as a good reason to hold things in complete stasis though. Particularly where such areas have problems with crime.
>> Furthermore, some people see the various architectures and institutions of some neighborhoods as a kind of historical treasure.
Architecture is good. "Gentrification" doesn't have to involve knocking things down (see London as an example of many, many waves of gentrification not affecting the architecture).
Institutions such as ... ?
>> They think, in a sense, that the whole neighborhood, in some form of intactness, belongs on the National Register of Historic Places, or some equivalent.
What gives people of a set ethnic or class background the right to live in a particular area and exclude other people who are not part of 'their' community? If a privileged white enclave claimed that right we would, obviously and rightly, be up in arms.
>> Some people might also decry a person's smug dismissing of such concerns as a kind of ignorance propped up by privilege.
And now you're just being insulting.