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“These people are trying to force us out of here. That’s just my opinion,” she says. “If it can be convenient for everybody else, why can’t it be convenient for me?”

Leaving race out of it - like brooklyngebornen and HogWash, I think that's a sideshow here - it's tough to argue with this point of view. An elderly retiree has lived here for decades, and now that the area has improved by leaps and bounds, why should she leave? If she doesn't need or want the money, she has every right to stay. I'd be frustrated if I were a co-owner who wanted to cash in, but she needs to do what is best for her, not me. We (ok, I) often repeat the mantra that gentrification isn't about forcing people out, but natural market appreciation as a neighborhood improves. Well, this is the flip side of it - she doesn't want to move (for whatever reason), so why should she?

by dcd on May 17, 2012 11:46 am • link • report

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