Gentrification is a problem, but I’m not so sure that, in this case, it’s so clear it’s a bad thing. Are they redeveloping with low income housing? Loss of low income housing is an issue, but there are whole areas of Philly that are essential urban wilderness. And that are around Temple was not safe space for anyone.
Temple has been buying and bulldozing whole blocks for redevelopment, but there’s still spots you shouldn’t go that far north in Philly.
Gentrification is a problem, but I’m not so sure that, in this case, it’s so clear it’s a bad thing. Are they redeveloping with low income housing? Loss of low income housing is an issue, but there are whole areas of Philly that are essential urban wilderness. And that are around Temple was not safe space for anyone.