[lbo-talk] decentralization, Whole Foods style

[Kelley]

>Also I did not mean to make any implications about your preferences (or
>lack thereof) for homey small-is-beautiful experiences.  I simply do not
>know you well enough to make such a judgment.  However, I have seen such
>prefrences in many people I've met (most of them with left- or liberal
>leanings).  My critique was general, not personal.
>
>Wojtek

why don't you try having a conversation with what i've said. if you have a 
rant, start a new thread.

the problem with gentrication, and probably why people are annoyed with it, 
is that it goes and hand in hand with racist banking practices and drives 
the poor and people of color from their homes. duh. no one minds cleaning 
up a neighborhood. what people mind is that our tax policy, tax 
distribution policy, banking and fiscal policies drive resources out of the 
hands of the poor and into the people who already have plenty of wealth to 
invest.

see elijah anderson's work, for a start.

kelley