[jimmytidey]

Lots of (formerly) less affluent people owned houses in the area and now live close to much better facilities than they did before.

Nothing 'yuppie' about a nice park, Westfield shopping centre or a train station?

[ghaff]

Gentrification and redevelopment has winners and losers. But I'm not sure the answer is to just let low income, rundown neighborhoods rot instead.