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I think it is horrible that yuppies move in and raise the prices, pushing the poor working families out of places like Brooklyn and others. I am not even a New Yorker but I still think it is wrong. I think white collar people should be able to move into a city but they should condense into areas already that have them, not kick the blue collar people out and if there is no more space, they shouldn't come anymore. That is why I think cities should have growth control. Once space runs out, that should be it. I know if I move to NYC, I'd want to move into an area that already has white collar transplants and yuppies and had them for a while, not move into a blue collar area with natives and end up raising the price to kick them out.
I like having a bit of both because having both white and blue makes things interesting. I think having a homogenous area is boring to me.
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I think it is horrible that yuppies move in and raise the prices, pushing the poor working families out of places like Brooklyn and others. I am not even a New Yorker but I still think it is wrong. I think white collar people should be able to move into a city but they should condense into areas already that have them, not kick the blue collar people out and if there is no more space, they shouldn't come anymore. That is why I think cities should have growth control. Once space runs out, that should be it. I know if I move to NYC, I'd want to move into an area that already has white collar transplants and yuppies and had them for a while, not move into a blue collar area with natives and end up raising the price to kick them out.
I like having a bit of both because having both white and blue makes things interesting. I think having a homogenous area is boring to me.
you think homogenous areas are boring but you basically want to "segregate" blue and white collar citizens???
you think homogenous areas are boring but you basically want to "segregate" blue and white collar citizens???
I think it is ok if you walk down several blocks and it goes from a yuppie hipster white collar utopia to a blue collar area with soul. If they are segregated and keep those lines, then gentrification will not happen and the blue collar area will stay that way without rents rising. A place can be diverse and not homogenous even if people of certain type cluster together, like how Chinatowns in cities are clustered with Chinese people yet they add diversity to a city.
I'd say Pittsburgh is predominately blue collar, even though it has become progressively more white collar over the last 10 years. I definitely like a little bit of both. Philly, Chicago, and New York exemplify that best I'd say. They also happen to be 3 of my favorite cities.
What industries does Pittsburgh have left that makes it present-day "Blue Collar"??? Steel is GONE! Manufacturing is almost none existent....Only thing I think you can remotely attribute is the Film industry...
IMO blue collar cities are much more authentic and thus more appealing. Most of the time trends/clothing styles/music evolves from lower classes (blue collar) and becomes well known and accepted when it is adapted by those with more income and visibility (white collar).
Good examples of major cities that are historically blue collar are Philly, Boston, NYC, Chicago
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