Gentrification: What's Really Happening?

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🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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You’ve probably heard that gentrification changes neighborhoods for the worse: first come the hipsters and then the bankers. Soon, the neighborhood is overrun with dog spas and wine bars, and the original residents are nowhere in sight. But what does the science say? And, is there anything good about gentrification? We speak to Prof. Lance Freeman, Asst. Prof. Rachel Meltzer and Nicole Mader to find out. Check out the transcript right here: http://bit.ly/2VQJsgp UPDATE 10/23/18: An earlier version of this episode misstated number of calls in our 311 analysis as "over 900,000." While the analysis started with over 900,000 calls, the number of calls over 6 years was a bit over 600,000. We've updated the episode to reflect that. Selected references: Lance’s study on displacement in gentrifying neighborhoodsRachel’s studies on jobs and businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods Nicole’s study on what’s happening with public schools with gentrification This study by NYU’s Furman study which has all sorts of stats on gentrifying neighborhoodsCredits: This episode was produced by Meryl Horn and Kaitlyn Sawrey with help from Wendy Zukerman, along with Rose Rimler and Odelia Rubin. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Mix and sound design by Emma Munger. Music by Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. A huge thanks to Kurtis Melby who helped us with the 311 call analysis. For this episode we also spoke to Associate Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino, Professor Elvin Wyly, Associate Professor T. William Lester, Assistant Professor Stacey Sutton, Amy Collado, Assistant Professor Francis Pearman, Dr Miriam Zuk and, Lorena Lopez. A big thanks to Francisco Lopez, Amber Davis, the Zukerman fam and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus from Gimlett Media.
0:07.0	On today's show, Gentrification.
0:09.5	We have to let them know that we were here first.
0:19.0	There's a battle going on against gentrification.
0:21.6	In cities around the country, people are saying they want to save their neighborhoods,
0:25.6	from soaring rents and mass evictions.
0:32.2	A few weeks ago, scores of people marched through some of New York City's fastest gentrifying
0:37.2	neighborhoods, carrying science, saying Brooklyn is not for sale.
0:49.3	Protesters told us that they were angry because their homes were being taken over by new,
0:54.6	richer and often whiter people.
1:04.5	These newcomers drive up the rent.
1:10.1	Forcing long time residents out of their homes.
1:19.5	Protesters told us that these newcomers made their lives harder.
1:24.1	Pulling the cops on those who would be there for decades.
1:41.6	And a lot of people have these feelings about gentrification.
1:44.5	They say it's part of this bigger picture of growing inequality and a history of racial
1:49.0	discrimination in America.
1:51.2	Ultimately, they say that gentrification is bad and it needs to be stopped.
1:57.6	But there is another side to this debate.
2:00.6	People argue that these negative things that you hear about gentrification, they're
2:05.3	a myth.
2:06.3	They say that gentrification isn't forcing people out of their homes and that it's actually
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