Gentrification - can rural areas be gentrified?
Can rural areas be gentrified? This is often the cause for debate when it is compared alongside urban in gentrified areas. Perhaps, in-order to understand the foundations for rural gentrification it could be argued that when we look at types of class within rural populations, middle class homeowners, gentrifiers could be seen to be acting ruthlessly as proactive capitalist developers acquiring land at cheaper prices and creating a different form of middle class rural lifestyle.
Why rural gentrification? Rural Gentrification could perhaps be seen as a neglected topic, when we think of gentrification as a whole, the primary focus seems to fall on the metropolitan and their urbanised gentrification …show more content…
Some big questions remain when we look at the effects of gentrification on existing residents. How do we assist them when they are unable to afford the increasing living costs, which go hand in hand with regeneration? People are relocating to areas close by due to work commitments and being within close-proximity of family and for the simple fact of holding on to what they know. These areas pre-gentrification were becoming unkempt and in some residential areas lay vacant, now derelict housing. This is due to the increase of living costs and the residents being unable to maintain the walls around them, therefore creating views of deteriorating suburbs, hence an attractive low-priced buy for capital investing developers/gentrifiers. Although typically residential, there are also commercial and industrial areas where this takes place as well. Local and State government could allow for some of the new housing developments to be low income housing such as public housing to assist these residents. The effects of their homes being potentially sold out from underneath them could be supported when eviction occurs by provision of a more affordable living space for them and their families. Increases could also be made to rent assistance payments to reflect the higher …show more content…
It could be seen as an ongoing and agonising play off between the middle class and working-class elements within society today. Economic struggles appear to be the baseline for conflict between these societies as the working class work to live and the middle class appear to strive through advantages given to them from simply being middle class. The stigma put on working-class people of society, being often seen as the underdog or the under achievers of society does not assist with this continual
Can rural areas be gentrified? This is often the cause for debate when it is compared alongside urban in gentrified areas. Perhaps, in-order to understand the foundations for rural gentrification it could be argued that when we look at types of class within rural populations, middle class homeowners, gentrifiers could be seen to be acting ruthlessly as proactive capitalist developers acquiring land at cheaper prices and creating a different form of middle class rural lifestyle.
Why rural gentrification? Rural Gentrification could perhaps be seen as a neglected topic, when we think of gentrification as a whole, the primary focus seems to fall on the metropolitan and their urbanised gentrification …show more content…
Some big questions remain when we look at the effects of gentrification on existing residents. How do we assist them when they are unable to afford the increasing living costs, which go hand in hand with regeneration? People are relocating to areas close by due to work commitments and being within close-proximity of family and for the simple fact of holding on to what they know. These areas pre-gentrification were becoming unkempt and in some residential areas lay vacant, now derelict housing. This is due to the increase of living costs and the residents being unable to maintain the walls around them, therefore creating views of deteriorating suburbs, hence an attractive low-priced buy for capital investing developers/gentrifiers. Although typically residential, there are also commercial and industrial areas where this takes place as well. Local and State government could allow for some of the new housing developments to be low income housing such as public housing to assist these residents. The effects of their homes being potentially sold out from underneath them could be supported when eviction occurs by provision of a more affordable living space for them and their families. Increases could also be made to rent assistance payments to reflect the higher …show more content…
It could be seen as an ongoing and agonising play off between the middle class and working-class elements within society today. Economic struggles appear to be the baseline for conflict between these societies as the working class work to live and the middle class appear to strive through advantages given to them from simply being middle class. The stigma put on working-class people of society, being often seen as the underdog or the under achievers of society does not assist with this continual