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I Love Everything is expecting many new visitors. The economy of this forum is on a decline. You've been hired to bring ILE back into shape. ILE requires that it gets sterilized, refurbished, refurnished, bleached, blanched, modified, waxed, tanned, and made into a wonderful community of tip-top contributors.

Where do we start, and what do we do? Post pictures of gentrification models we should follow.

― ((((((DOPplur)))n)))u))))tttt (donut), Sunday, 21 May 2006 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

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― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 21 May 2006 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

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― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 21 May 2006 05:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.panopticist.com/graphics/american_gentrifier.jpg

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Sunday, 21 May 2006 05:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.carlcoxphoto.com/images/TuckerCarlson.jpg

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 21 May 2006 07:21 (nineteen years ago)

i want to touch his penis

― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 21 May 2006 07:44 (nineteen years ago)

"Look honey, it's an OK neighborhood! How do I drank latte!!/'"

http://www.chestnutshop.com/images/stores/Starbucks/starbucks-01.jpg

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 21 May 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

i want to touch his penis

this place is gentrified!

― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 21 May 2006 08:13 (nineteen years ago)

i want to touch his penis

so does he.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 21 May 2006 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

http://dvweb.mpf.arcstarmusic.com/image/6ed45981%5C6ed45981-50db-4dce-9e6d-985718e0c108.BIG.jpg

― The Notorious ESTEBAN BUTTEZ (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Sunday, 21 May 2006 09:02 (nineteen years ago)

"I am the pixie of gentrification! DO me!"

http://www.urbanstyle.com/localScene/chicagoFocus/2001/gentry/HdrrChicagoFocuscopy_02.jpg

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 21 May 2006 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

TEH ALL NOISE DUDE SUMMERTIME PILATES STUDIO AND WINE BAR

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 21 May 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

"Neighborhoods" in teh Voice

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 21 May 2006 12:09 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.barbaracorcoran.com/images/img_hero_barbara.jpg

― natalie portmanteau (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 21 May 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

what ILE needs is a sports complex and high-rise condo community!

http://www.gothamist.com/images/2003_12_ratner.jpg

― natalie portmanteau (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 21 May 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

I know that we need to keep some room for the "indigents", so the place doesn't lose its "character", but seriously, we're going to need to add parking. It's a sad reality. Sorry ;-(

― dave's good arm (facsimile) (dave225.3), Sunday, 21 May 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, you don't honestly expect people to give up their cars, do you, you filthy hippie?

― only children bleed (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 21 May 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

I am currently using my mod rights to delete all the posts on 'This is the thread where we post when we're drunk and everyone stands up and appplauds' and replace it with an airy gastropub serving lattes and Thai brunch. You must be wearing a pashmina in order to post.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 21 May 2006 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

DAER TAPAS:

― only children bleed (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 21 May 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.curbed.com/archives/2005_11_trustfund.jpg

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 21 May 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

yo london dudes, i'll be over this september to run a seminar at the ica on the history of race relations the south from 1980 to the present day. we're doing it as a musical montage with backing from talib kweli. and hey, if dom passantino or anyone wants to meet up for a coffee, that'd be cool. is there a good patisserie near st james's park?

― simon trife, msc (Matt DC), Sunday, 21 May 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

It's only a short walk from the West End, where there are tons. The ICA bar is nice, also.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Sunday, 21 May 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

ILE is going to need some "anchor stores"

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 21 May 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/pix/heartbreakers/practice4/SoccerMoms-m.jpg

"gina how do my daughter shot touching soccer ball with hands?"

― ((((((DOPplur)))n)))u))))tttt (donut), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

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― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 22 May 2006 07:38 (nineteen years ago)

I think Mrs. Pashmina might object! :-0

― The Minimal Criminal (kate), Monday, 22 May 2006 10:13 (nineteen years ago)

Can someone explain Gentrification to me? Like, who exactly owns all the houses in about 75% of all western cities than no-one can now afford to live in? Where have all these very rich people suddenly come from? Is it because of people living longer or something?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 22 May 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

it's the kids of the people who first moved out of the cities and into the suburbs.

― p@reene (Pareene), Monday, 22 May 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

they heard that cities were awesome again in entertainment weekly

― p@reene (Pareene), Monday, 22 May 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/ED-AD699_moore_20051208183228.gif

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 22 May 2006 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

More condos.

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

All the religion threads should be gutted and replaced with minimal techno posts

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Hurting that graph is kind of incredible - has that happened all over the world? How come? More women working?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2005/07/part_women.gif

― JW (ex machina), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

Who used to buy houses? Who buys houses now? Is it the same people?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

Because if it's still the same people (ie. uh mostly newlyweds, in my head, although a bit later now due to prices maybe) it'd explain the rise in prices but not really why areas go from affordable to not in a few years but never the other way?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, is there a countershift whereby the people who used to live in eg Williamsberg back when it was "their neighbourhood" are suddenly really rich and build a house in Colorado and retire at 55? If not why not?

I like Tracer's post.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.freshdirect.com/media/images/product/hba/hba_sumeve_senwash_p.jpg

― remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

BTW, another reason is probably the introduction of new mortgage products that allow people to buy homes they can't really afford, and also the period of historically low interest rates (which is coming to an end now).

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 22 May 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

The graph was on the WSJ site and I assume it only includes U.S. families. And probably a lot of it does have to do with women working, since real wages aren't actually rising.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 22 May 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

I bought a house I can only kind of afford - but I think I can sell it in a few years and make a profit. Plus, I gentrified my hood with my sweet assed prescence

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

So long as there are banks willing to lend money for longer and longer periods, is there necessarily any real bound on how how high housing prices can go? Interest rates and rentals are going to tug prices down, but there's no reason why a 30 yr mortgage today won't just turn into a 40 yr mortgage soon, which can turn into a 50 yr mortgage and so on. The cost of housing goes up, and people just pay more for it. Banks win because they get more interest.

I'm thinking of Tokyo, where if I recall correctly, it has not been uncommon to find 100yr+ mortgages, paid by multiple generations of a family. Probably not as true these days, but certainly a possibility for the future elsewhere.

― (jacob) (ockle boc), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

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Welcome to the family! (you poxy fule).

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

I bought a house I can only kind of afford - but I think I can sell it in a few years and make a profit.

I don't want to be too discouraging, since what's done is done, but I wouldn't stake too much of your financial future on that contingency.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

Surely, in america at least, an upper bound on house prices is the cost to just build a house? Do people want to live in cities that bad?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

plip plop MULTI X POST

― danny invincible (michael w.), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

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