Abolishing the suburbs?

[BmorePat87]

(07-19-2020, 04:40 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Is thinking of that idea as "reverse gentrification" a good way to view it?  

I’m sure some would. A key component of gentrification is it targets areas with high number of renters, usually because these areas were red lined so home values were incredibly low and families were incapable of generating generational wealth. The result is these renters, usually of color, are replaced with predominantly white middle to upper middle class people. This can be done by developers without the city playing a role.

In the case of building affordable housing, you increase the population rather than replace, so I personally wouldn’t look at it as “reverse gentrification”, but it can help to combat gentrification. This is planned by the city.

I think blockbusting could be described as “reverse discrimination”, since blockbusting was buying up homes in white neighborhoods and selling them to black families, often resulting in lower home values and less resources from the city. None of this was conducted by the city, but rather private investors and developers.