The neighbourhood I live in was originally for dock workers around the Thames. Then the docks containerized and electrified.
Then the neighborhood was for employees of the local Ford plant. Then they downsized and replaced most people with robots.
Now the neighbourhood is for a mix of people being housed by the state (the unemployed, single mums etc) and people working service jobs in Central London who take the train up every morning.
That's all in the last 90 years. Less really as my house is one of the older ones.
With covid meaning everyone works from home, us service workers might all move out over the next decade.
My point is, people (including governments, companies and other groups) find uses for the infrastructure (including houses) that they have. Not the other way around.
And this is all cyclical: I remember when the inner cities were "crime ridden hell holes". They depopulated. Then suddenly people (often gay men apparently?) moved in and suddenly you can't turn around with seeing million dollar appartments, 8 dollar coffee places and high fashion outlets...
The neighbourhood I live in was originally for dock workers around the Thames. Then the docks containerized and electrified.
Then the neighborhood was for employees of the local Ford plant. Then they downsized and replaced most people with robots.
Now the neighbourhood is for a mix of people being housed by the state (the unemployed, single mums etc) and people working service jobs in Central London who take the train up every morning.
That's all in the last 90 years. Less really as my house is one of the older ones.
With covid meaning everyone works from home, us service workers might all move out over the next decade.
My point is, people (including governments, companies and other groups) find uses for the infrastructure (including houses) that they have. Not the other way around.
And this is all cyclical: I remember when the inner cities were "crime ridden hell holes". They depopulated. Then suddenly people (often gay men apparently?) moved in and suddenly you can't turn around with seeing million dollar appartments, 8 dollar coffee places and high fashion outlets...