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    JustActSurprisedRich Juzwiak
    8/05/16 12:58pm

    Gentrification is not in and of itself evil; it is the natural outgrowth of an improving urban setting. My husband is an urban planner and consistently identifies the issues and difficulties surrounding gentrification and the numerous forces at work (the current residents of a neighborhood, the new residents, the city zoning laws, the local government politics, the private real estate industry, etc). Improving services, quality of life, and the overall landscape of a neighborhood contrasts with the rising rents, exodus (sometimes forced) of current longtime residents, and change of culture.

    However, often when people critique gentrification (and rail as they do) there are no alternatives presented. Rent control/stabilization? Failed policy. More public housing? Failed (and bankrupt) policy.

    The unfortunate side is that while you can restrict the density/height of buildings, require storefront shops, widen sidewalks, provide affordable housing, the natural pace of gentrification will continue. It’s if there are no alternatives for those permanent residents other than to move further out of the city (and lack of jobs/increased wages) that gentrification comes to a head.

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      gramercypoliceJustActSurprised
      8/05/16 1:11pm

      It’s interesting that you (presumably) read this interview about art, filmmaking, and how a writer chooses to depict fictional characters to tell a larger story and your takeaway is that you need to explain or defend gentrification.

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      sbgramercypolice
      8/05/16 1:16pm

      The word gentrification is in the title of the piece and this is a discussion board.

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    pre-emptive sighRich Juzwiak
    8/05/16 12:37pm

    Should they allow the Chilean owner of the dress shop downstairs, Leonor (Paulina García) to remain and continue to pay rent that’s thousands of dollars below market value or kick her out?

    Trump problems.

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      ghostandgoblinpre-emptive sigh
      8/05/16 12:57pm

      It’s really not a problem for Trump as he would have kicked her out before the ink was dry on his purchase contract.

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    Frankenbike666Rich Juzwiak
    8/05/16 1:06pm

    The term “Gentrification” was coined in 1964. That should be a clue to how unstoppable it is. It happened before then, it’s just that no sociologist had given it a name. It had an official name though: “urban renewal”.

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      1llamarampage will write againFrankenbike666
      8/05/16 2:07pm

      The term ‘polio’ was coined in 1911, although of course it existed before then, when the official name was poliomyelitis. Somehow we seem to be doing pretty well at stopping it in this country, almost as though “this has been around for ages and happens a lot” isn’t really a rubric for how overcome-able something is.

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    HighLikeAnEagleRich Juzwiak
    8/05/16 1:41pm

    This sounds like a movie that none of my friends would want to see. Which is awesome, because I like going to movies by myself, because no stranger would dare tell me that a medium is too much popcorn (though it is).

    Glad to see it’s coming to Dallas in a few weeks.

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      The Constant LurkenerHighLikeAnEagle
      8/06/16 3:22pm

      Ah. So YOU’LL be the loner weirdo at the Angelika that my girlfriend and I sit as far away from as possible.

      I kid. Should be a nice watch.

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      HighLikeAnEagleThe Constant Lurkener
      8/06/16 4:44pm

      Yup! More room for me!

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    ToadYouOnceToadYouTwiceRich Juzwiak
    8/05/16 2:24pm

    If this movie isn’t the Little Women sequel Little Men with Winona Ryder reprising her role as Jo, well then I don’t want it.

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