What Are The Pros And Cons Of Gentrification

The great problem of gentrification is that it only benefits people with money and leaves the poor to suffer in another location in which they can afford. Having an insight in gentrification taking over New York City, I, Abida Samia view the story of Dasani and her family as great qualitative and quantitative evidence that shows the side effects of gentrified neighborhoods on children and families. Yet, Sidrah Z. agrees to disagree. She believes that gentrification, although does make it hard for the poor, actually encourages economic growth which is beneficial to the city.

Abida: In Dasani: Invisible Child published by the New York Times, we are exposed to the hardships a child and her family go through as they are forced to live through the consequences of gentrification.
I would blame gentrification for it.

Sidrah: I disagree with you. Gentrification cannot be blamed. Gentrification can bring about positive outcomes. For example, gentrification can bring in fresh fruits and vegetables to the neighborhood. Gentrification also created jobs for some people. More stores open up in the neighborhood which created more jobs for the people who live in the neighborhood according to the Spoiled NYC website.

Abida: Although there will be new and more jobs for people, gentrification has yet to help the people who live in the area. According to statistics in the article from U.S.A Today’s Studies: Gentrification a Boost for Everyone, we find the statistic that since 2003, in the predominantly Latino working class barrio of East Austin, the Pedernales Lofts condominiums have raised adjacent land values more than 50%. Interestingly as you mentioned the idea of new jobs being made, we find that people from this district hung signs outside the lofts saying “Stop gentrifying the East Side” and “Will U give jobs to long time residents of this