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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
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.
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A friend has a simple explanation-life is not fair.
A family of four on minimum wage? Birth control was prudent.