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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Good neighborhoods should have a mix of older and newer buildings.

From Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you for sharing that excerpt! Definitely a concept I had not thought about, makes perfect sense, and is seen demonstrated in the gentrification process.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, she definitely has some thought-provoking explanations on how cities work.

    I would say gentrifying 1 building is ok, and is something you can do every 5 years or so to help boost the economy and modernize the building stock. But it becomes a problem when an entire block or an entire neighborhood becomes gentrified all at once. It'll lead to a slum in the long run.

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