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**Queueftof** · 04-14-2006, 07:17 PM

I'm probably overreacting to this. In reading about J.B.Hehman's (TLOZ Link5) death, and how there had been a rash of robberies in a part of Harlem undergoing gentrification and the like, I'm wondering if New York is seeing a wider trend, wider than just this one incident.

The gentrification that is going on in Harlem does not affect that much the poor housing projects that still breed crime and poverty. The income levels among residents of many of those housing projects is way below the poverty live and new developments often means that prices go up in the neighborhood stores and the cost of life goes up. That's a problem that can only be solved by better education and changes in the way we view the subsidized housing, I believe.

04-14-2006, 07:17 PM	#5
Queueftof Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	I'm probably overreacting to this. In reading about J.B.Hehman's (TLOZ Link5) death, and how there had been a rash of robberies in a part of Harlem undergoing gentrification and the like, I'm wondering if New York is seeing a wider trend, wider than just this one incident. The gentrification that is going on in Harlem does not affect that much the poor housing projects that still breed crime and poverty. The income levels among residents of many of those housing projects is way below the poverty live and new developments often means that prices go up in the neighborhood stores and the cost of life goes up. That's a problem that can only be solved by better education and changes in the way we view the subsidized housing, I believe.
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