Wilma,
Can you please address one of my central points directly? It is that
adequate funding for a school system with many poor students needs many
middle-class students as well, in order to guarantee funding for the
needs of the poor. You've been around this block a few times; what do
you think?
My take on gentrification is that, just like public education, it is
complex. My gut tells me gentrification causes the most collateral
damage when it is fast and poorly planned; it is most beneficial when it
is gradual and thoroughly chewed.
-- Tony West
Wilma de Soto wrote:
Gentrification in and of itself is not the problem in my opinion. My issue
is that with gentrification the very people of which you speak are not
usually around to reap the benefits of same. They are usually displaced.
This goes beyond West Philly or UC but other inner cities in the US.
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