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Old 07-13-2022, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
It's pushed out lower-income residents because they can't afford the revitalized properties. It's called gentrification and it creates massive displacement (aka homelessness, here and elsewhere).

More minimum wage jobs doesn't help if you're in a family of 4 living in an apartment building and the rent just went up 50% because the Villages added some flowers to the grassy area across the street.

Do you think your exactly worded posted opinion gets more weight when you repeat it on separate threads?