jersey_girl660 t1_izh3eqn wrote
Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Fishtown, Point Breeze have become far wealthier in the last 10 years and other new Census findings by Dryheavemorning
They are being displaced. It doesn’t matter if it’s equal to normal levels of population change. That’s not the issue.
It’s being replaced by higher income residents and then having to move to an area with similar issues as the old one… and not being able to benefit from the positive changes to the neighborhood as a result of being displaced
Displaced : cause (something) to move from its proper or usual place.
They are literally being displaced.
“The Fair Housing Act can be used as litigation against gentrification because the urban development process of higher-income individuals into lower-income neighborhoods leads to displacement”
AbsentEmpire t1_izh7ovu wrote
>displaced; displacing; displaces
>transitive verb >1a: to remove from the usual or proper place >specifically : to expel or force to flee from home or homeland
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/displace
>that found that demographic change in gentrifying neighborhoods was a result of typical levels of population churn in lower-income neighborhood
No one is being expelled, or otherwise forced to flee a neighborhood because higher income people moved in, they are being excluded from continuing to move in due to lack of affordable options caused by exclusionary zoning policy.
Again there is a big difference in the implications between being displaced and being excluded. You should demand a refund from your school.
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