Here’s a thought: So much of our future is determined by the zip code we’re born into. And for unbanked households in working class neighborhoods, it can feel harder and harder to get by in an environment that is increasingly designed to uplift middle-class transplants while denying everyone else the right to live comfortably or meet basic needs.
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Congratulations. You’re taking advantage of cheaper rent by moving into a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
Yes, you’re part of the problem. But it’s also all you can afford at the moment. You’re a reluctant gentrifier, actively causing harm but also feeling kinda bad about it. Short of going back to the Midwest or to an overpriced apartment in a different part of town…here are six things you can do to be a better community member now.
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We don’t need cash, we have credit cards and bank accounts, smart phones and mobile payment apps. We don’t need spare change, we aren’t unhoused. So if its not a problem for us, cash free establishments can’t be a problem for anyone else, right?
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Since mass migration away from cities began in the mid 1940s, the mark of social privilege in America has been car and home ownership in a suburban community. It’s not that walkable urban communities ceased to exist, it’s that desegregation made them undesirable—too Black, Brown, immigrant, and low income—for white Americans who could afford to live elsewhere.
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You’ve probably noticed these designs popping up in your city or neighborhood, making once-welcoming parks, benches, and sidewalks less inviting or downright hostile. Here are five things you should know about hostile architecture.
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Financially, it makes much more sense for me to stay home and consume my phone—social media, subscriptions, streaming services and all. If this describes your life, you are not alone. But you shouldn’t give up just yet either. Here are ten affordable third places left in your city in 2024.
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Before you book your one-way ticket, you should probably know how your favorite Pacific Northwest town ended up so white in the first place. Hint: there’s nothing natural about it.
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Across the country, bike lanes have become a flashpoint, leading to protests and pushback from local communities which are already feeling the pressure of higher rent and property taxes.
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