[busterarm]

But the neighborhood improves without its residents. The economic situation of those living there doesn't really change and they're forced to relocate to other neighborhoods with similar locations to where they were but much further away.

Bascially "we're going to make this a nice place to live, please gtfo".

It's not an argument against improving a space. It's one against improving a space at the expense of its residents.

[Retric]

This assumes everyone is renting which while probably true in NYC is far from universal. In other places people on fixed income have been forced out though propery taxes but it's closer to here is 100,000$ GTFO simply from the difference in propery values.