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goobster · 2675 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hipster-bashing in California: angry residents fight back against gentrification
So I, as a homeowner of 10 years(1), who moved to this neighborhood when "white, nice" people wouldn't venture anywhere near it, need to reduce my yard, my parking, and my services to meet the needs of people who are now moving to my suddenly hip part of town? At the same time, my property taxes go up to pay for the increase in services required to serve the people who are moving here, and renting? In your ideal vision of the world, homeowners get fucked for having made the area desirable to live in, in the first place? Hmm. Interesting idea. I doubt you can sell it, though. (1: My wife bought the house 10 years ago. I only met her 8 years ago. So the "I" is not literally "me", but "us" as a couple.)