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Old 03-11-2018, 09:08 PM
 
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I used to do long run routes in Dallas with Run on back in 2010. I did one for the first time in the Swiss Ave area (and south) with them today. The improvement even in that time period is astounding.
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Old 03-11-2018, 09:27 PM
 
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Which bad area had a failed attempt at gentrification?
Oakcliff off Lancaster & Ann Arbor

Pleasant Grove off Bruton & St. Augustine
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Old 03-11-2018, 10:04 PM
 
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Oakcliff off Lancaster & Ann Arbor

Pleasant Grove off Bruton & St. Augustine
When did anyone attempt to gentrify those two areas? And I mean, real gentrification like houses being remodeled in mass, realtors marketing the neighborhood as "up & coming", middle class & upper middle class professionals moving in en mass, Starbucks / Yoga studios/ Trader Joe's Opening to support the changed demographics. Answer? Never happened.
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Old 03-12-2018, 06:50 AM
 
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Well, people who don't know any of the history of the city and aren't interested in learning, post nonsense here all the time. Less desirable areas of Dallas have been gentrifying ever since the early 1970s. I know, I was there. Yes, there are areas where this trend has not hit - and areas where it probably never will.

Has anyone mentioned North Oak Cliff yet?
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Old 03-12-2018, 06:54 AM
 
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For that matter, consider Deep Ellum. Although it hasn't been turned into a residential district, not really, and though there have been times when the process seemed to be reversing, if you are an actual Dallasite over 50 you will remember places like Honest Joe's Pawn Shop and the like. That whole area was nothing but abandoned buildings, pawn shops, and a few alternator rebuild places hanging on by their teeth, before the artist types started snapping up the abandoned places as lofts, and some savvy developers decided to build it up as the anti-preppy alternative to the West End.

I was there at the time.
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