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  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    It's international gentrification.

    Literally no different than some PMC ghoul moving into a historically black neighborhood and bragging about how cheap the rent is and how they totally have black friends now.

    • zangorn [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      True....but that’s not really a bad thing except for the system itself that creates these incentives.

      • Koa_lala [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It wouldn't be a problem if the housing prices wouldn't skyrocket and if they weren't demolishing public/affordable housing to replace them with luxury condos.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It's bad when gentrification drives prices up and pushes the original inhabitants of that place out with higher rents and cost of living.

        These "digital nomad" types also tend to seriously underreport their income to local governments for taxation purposes, so they put a strain on local medical systems, infrastructure, etc without giving back in any way except just buying shit.

        • zangorn [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          This is a reactionary take. Its true that gentrification is bad, for the reasons you've stated. But the solution isn't for individuals to boycott it and not move to mixed neighborhoods that otherwise would save money and be better fit for them.

          And blaming them for not paying enough taxes is just silly. The underpaid taxes that are causing strains in our system are not the 20-somethings with gigs here and there. You know who it is.

          • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            But the solution isn’t for individuals to boycott it and not move to mixed neighborhoods that otherwise would save money and be better fit for them.

            The solution to a bad thing is not to stop doing the bad thing. Definitely not a reactionary take.