Trickle-down Gentrification

[freshwest]

1. Agreed. And it why some of the working poor favor red states with lax zoning. I've seen some housing

that makes use of materials that people can make or create by hand, or build homes with alternative water, sewer, heating and electric means.

Those would not be allowed anywhere in my state where water rights and all property are restricted. Some poor folk see these as unnecessarily restrictive, even though some higher income people abuse the freedom and make pollution.

People will gravitate toward what they can afford and feel they have a chance to own and be free from being forced into unsanitary and unsafe housing. The collusion between municipalities and developers creating a tax base of houses unnecessarily large or out of the range of working folk to increase revenue is why some folks are voting against all taxes that make city life a positive and healthy one.

That is an interesting way of looking at things from your experience and the rest of the OP, but some want more.