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by dijksterhuis 774 days ago
> but there's another class of gentrifiers that ... are pushed out of the places they'd like to live and have to settle for the grubby lively neighborhood. these are the ones that complain because they don't really want to be there in the first place.

In my experience, these people are fine. They suck it up and get on with it, grateful to not be living in a cupboard... or sofa surfing ... or homeless. Or they move on.

The complaints usually begin with one of

- people who moved to the area after reading a Time Out article about how "cool" the area is

- property developers

- people moving into the new builds built by said property developers

Soho is a bit of an odd one though. Been that way for time.