Gentrifiers bring priced out forced City Council to take action. The one interviewed is paying an absurdly high rent to live in a "shady" part of Kensington and not here "preferred" part of Fishtown. Philadelphians can immediately see through the coded language for race.
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$975 a month is not the cost of a room in an apartment. That's the cost of a studio apartment in that neighborhood. I could find a room in Fishtown for under $600 in under 2 hours if I didn't mind roommates.
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WSJ wrote a whole article about this lady having to live in 'squalor' because she can't afford a home in her preferred gentrified mecca.
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If you make less than 50k annually in 2018, why would you expect to be able to afford decent housing in a major city. Peasant wages
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You just cant live in neighborshoods you cant afford?
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*a gentrification boom
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@nVIIIthegrVIII
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This seems to be happening in a lot of cities.
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Get a job
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