gentrification
Nov. 12th, 2012 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debbieannchanging the downtown area of Johannesburg is complicated -
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-11-09-not-everyone-sees-the-light
and this:
http://www.urbanjoburg.com/post/35557002259/who-is-responsible-for-making-our-city-inclusive
all of those questions and more come up for me - I spend time in Maboneng and Braamfontein.
really, is it possible to "revitalize" downtown ( or should that be 'make downtown comfortable for middle class people') without making life even more miserable for the people living there now without money/privilege.
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-11-09-not-everyone-sees-the-light
and this:
http://www.urbanjoburg.com/post/35557002259/who-is-responsible-for-making-our-city-inclusive
all of those questions and more come up for me - I spend time in Maboneng and Braamfontein.
really, is it possible to "revitalize" downtown ( or should that be 'make downtown comfortable for middle class people') without making life even more miserable for the people living there now without money/privilege.
