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  1. Sep 2017
    1. shortage of 80,000 affordable housing units

      I know kids at STEM Launch have done a PBL about tiny houses and more affordable houses, how can we bring this to NGHS and our classes?

    2. higher-income residents displacing lower-income ones

      When these people are coming to high end places in a city like Denver, are they aware of the displacement they are causing? I can't imagine those people are intentionally displacing residents.

    1. that’s the big issue

      The way he talks about growth here reminds me of Seattle where you can visualize how the city has grown since only 1960, I know that Seattle is currently a huge Amazon and Starbucks and industry hub, what groups have been squashed in that process? What has/did/does gentrification look like there?

    2. municipal thumb on the scale that would balance revitalization with gentrification

      Earlier the author mentioned a difference in class, income, and race playing a role in gentification; can gentrification be boiled down to public vs. private investment and how much do social things like income and race play a role in gentrification?

    1. these people all came armed. I've never seen so many weapons.

      What is the side of the police in all of this? Do they all have the same view on the protesters or is it varied?

  2. Aug 2017