With so much backlash in US cities about "gentrification".. Will things change or at least slow down due to awareness ??

[gen811]

Originally Posted by goofy328

There is a huge push to transform NOLA that is playing out in the media. Perhaps even turn it into a NYC of that region. In the end you will probably have more in NOLA than ever before, with few, if any, of the poor in the city. Nothing like it was pre Katrina. From what you are saying it is already starting to happen.

But if you notice, NOLA is getting a lot of media coverage, just like Brooklyn has been for the last five to ten years. It is guerrilla advertising, usually disguised as another interesting look into the jazz scene there but I think there is a lot more to it.

but who will work in all those vacant stores then if they drive out the poor?

they will have to take 100-200 dollar transportation
and the min wage they get will not even be enough to cover anything.

if that is the case will the shops close?
you should realize that many of the jobs in the city likely close to 50-60% are min wage jobs.

if they drive the poor out of the area and into far off areas then no one will be there to work unless the company provides shelter.

[Forest_Hills_Daddy]

Originally Posted by Bronxguyanese

Charleston was a major port city and a thriving city prior to the 19th century. It was one of the leading cities during the American Revolution. It was a bigger and more busier port than nyc believe it or not. What sealed Charleston fate was industry such as industrial Revolution. Also after the defeat of of the South in 1865 singled the death knell for Charleston as a major port city. New Orleans replaced Charleston as a major port city of the South.

Right, but bother Boston and NYC had their downs as well but both recovered strongly and are now global cities.

Boston's decline lasted nearly, or more than 100 years during which time the city elected a long series of mayors who make de Blasio look like George Bush.