Atuk-77 t1_jc7hjuz wrote on March 14, 2023 at 4:35 PM

Hopefully it happens soon, activist are only looking for fame because there is absolutely no good for locals by keeping the status quo, those who can afford immediately send their kids to private schools outside the city or move out to provide their heirs better opportunities. Gentrification comes with a price but it offers opportunities and better local schools.

ScrollHectic t1_jc81fqi wrote on March 14, 2023 at 6:39 PM

Opportunities for whom? The gentrifiers moving in or the original residents being priced out? The locally owned businesses that can't afford the new high rents or the national retailers who pay too low for their workforce to live in the now gentrified city they work in?

I think balance is key and I'm happy that we don't have runaway gentrification like so many people on here dream about. Growth and change is healthy and, like someone pointed out, there is room for more people but it shouldn't be at the detriment to others. And that's what the "Ghetto Lobby" is fighting for - balance.

And I don't understand why people still point to this "Ghetto Lobby" when clearly lots of development proposals get approved. It's like when Trump kept brining up Hilary Clinton years after anything she did had any relevance.

Atuk-77 t1_jcahgip wrote on March 15, 2023 at 1:31 PM

The current conditions also come with a price for local residents/ entrepreneurs who work hard and are forced to leave their neighborhoods behind because of lack of opportunities, safety. Yes, there should be help for local business which is what provides balance other than that gentrification will help modernize Newark.