So outside of the context of most of the previous discussion:
> I'm really reacting to arguments about gentrification, where people do talk about "rights" to stay in a particular neighborhood that apparently get passed via genetic material.
What is it that bothers you about this? Basically - my counter argument is: If a person has been living in an area for decades, and that area is now gentrifying, can't it be reasonably expected that person (or their family) were fundamentally a part of driving that gentrification?
It means that person was putting in their labor and money into that location for decades, and that labor and money was key for creating the conditions that are allowing for gentrification (even if the final catalyst was something else - like a company using the stable area for new expansion)
Simplifying - My counter argument is that forcing this person out is robbing them of the fruit of their labor: A nice neighborhood. They were there when it wasn't nice. They worked in making it nice. Now you kick them out because they were working with a lower income to do it (usually meaning they put in considerably more "sweat equity"). Seems pretty unfair to me.
> I'm really reacting to arguments about gentrification, where people do talk about "rights" to stay in a particular neighborhood that apparently get passed via genetic material.
What is it that bothers you about this? Basically - my counter argument is: If a person has been living in an area for decades, and that area is now gentrifying, can't it be reasonably expected that person (or their family) were fundamentally a part of driving that gentrification?
It means that person was putting in their labor and money into that location for decades, and that labor and money was key for creating the conditions that are allowing for gentrification (even if the final catalyst was something else - like a company using the stable area for new expansion)
Simplifying - My counter argument is that forcing this person out is robbing them of the fruit of their labor: A nice neighborhood. They were there when it wasn't nice. They worked in making it nice. Now you kick them out because they were working with a lower income to do it (usually meaning they put in considerably more "sweat equity"). Seems pretty unfair to me.