Yeah, but you're taking the Luddite view. Displacement is inevitable and also necessary. It's dwarfed by the benefits. San Francisco is different from Austin, both in scale and speed of gentrification -- and I do think it's a shame that such a cool city is changing so quickly. But San Francisco has changed drastically before and that's part of what makes it interesting.

I was pretty sure that was you? I seem to remember something like that. Anyway, the point is, someone acting as a gentrifier even if they don't intend to isn't going to directly experience the problems associated with gentrification, because they are on the positive end. What a gentrifier perceives as good for them and good for the area is pretty well aligned with what the previous residents see as problematic things that force them out.

I'm in the middle. Family's been in Austin for about 65 years, and I've grown up watching Austin institutions that I loved disappear because they can't compete. But I also appreciate, say, having an international airport. I appreciate everything UT has done for Austin. We're a major cultural center and so on.