This post is in response to Annie Young who said that new development in the Phillips neighborhood is hurting poor people.
I have been hearing this argument about "gentrification" more and more lately and i want to stop it in its tracks. You hear the same argument here in Northeast: "Why do they have to build those condos here, pretty soon we will have a Starbucks and NE Hennepin Ave will look just like Edina." This is a load of crap in my opinion. NE Hennepin was a bunch of underutilized storefronts three years ago. Now we have nice new stores paying nice new property taxes and wages. How is this bad for the neighborhood? I agree that the suburbanization of Minneapolis is not a good idea, but the argument that new mixed use development somehow hurts poor people is really short-sighted in my opinion. Mark Wilde Windom Park __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
