Gentrification in Philly | UNFILTERED | Solo Shamsiddeen
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- čas přidán 8. 03. 2021
- In this episode, Solo talks about the effects of gentrification on his neighborhood and how culture of crime in Philly has changed as a result.
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Great conversation. Brings focus to an issue that often gets glossed over
"We literally tore down our neighborhoods.." is exactly why this happens. Gentrification is a symptom, not a cause. Homes falling apart in north Philly- abandoned or repossessed by the bank were sold off for $10-30k and got rebuilt. Mind you, the prices these houses are selling for is wack and the people paying that much to live in these neighborhoods are just dumb with their money (in my opinion). Emotionally, yeah it sucks to see parts of your neighborhood become unaffordable for the people that originally lived there, but on the flipside the people that lived there are the ones that let it get so bad. You can't place sole responsibility/ownership on corporations for this when the people living there tore the neighborhood apart for decades. I grew up in Olney throughout the 90's, left early 2000's. I watched that neighborhood and every single other one nearby go to shit- everyone I knew growing up got mugged or jumped at least once, cars and homes broken into all the time, 2 people killed on my street. So many businesses in that neighborhood left because it was so bad- the only thing that kept Olney afloat was all the asian small business owners. You couldn't pay me enough to ever move back to the city.
Thank you! You said it. People are losers because they just want to blame everything on those who are better off instead of thinking how they can improve their own situation. Politicians add to the problem by encouraging this attitude among their constituents.
Take care of your properties.
Great channel, loving these conversation.
Appreciate you watching! Thanks
I know plenty of drug dealers in Kensington from the 90s and 2000s that bought property. Not the people who developed the neighborhoods that people didnt buy when they should have.
Thank you
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We only know what we are taught or these days learn from social media. It's great that this man could invest in property on his old block. Back to taught/learn Gentrification is a discriminatory/racist term that doesn't exist. I lived in different parts of the city and have seen low income neighborhoods become unreachable for those that live there and have also seen well to do neighborhoods become ghettos(they don't have a word for when that happens) It's all just the circle of life nothing more nothing less.
Right. Some of these "gentrified" areas in North Philly were at one time, occupied by relatively affluent people. It is just an example of things going full circle.
Fix your dysfunctional culture. Stop blaming the corporations and the yuppies moving into your neighborhood. You think you would be better off if those affluent people moved away? Look at Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, etc. where all the middle and upper classes moved out along with the tax base. Those areas are even worse.
Only a yuppy would say that
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