Here is an analysis of a guru of the Penn Real Estate/Philadelphia trickle down theory of "revitalization." Sometimes the whole shithouse needs to fall before positive thinkers MIGHT realize the thing was always built out of shit.
Instead of investing in Philadelphians and systems focused on quality of life for all; all taxpayer resources were directed at the wants and addictions of a "creative class." (Between age 25-30 and earning over 200,000 per year.) Common people were to cheer, as they were to be brutalized by the government, so that this creative class would come here for their $5 lattes!!! Now, that places like Philadelphia are hopeless, as the "used car salesmen" make money off new suckers, does this trickle down speculation seem so wise????? Maybe ethics and values are more important than sexy used car salesmanship. Two links: "It was one thing, they say, to be selling cities on a creative-class pitch -- even though it was of little use to many of them and led some of them to misguided investments, it's a free market and the cities were willing buyers. But it's another thing for Florida now to be declaring, from his high-profile perch, that many of these same cities are not part of the country's strategy for future growth simply because their prospects as creative magnets are too daunting." http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_ruse_of_the_creative_class http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=gentrification_hangover ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
