Evolution or gentrification: Do urban farms lead to higher rents?
October 24, 2012 at 8:52 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2012 at 9:25 pm by KichigaiNeko.)
I would also consider the value of "urban farming" displacing antisocial behavior which it does seem to have a tendency to do. So from that perspective, yes it does lead to higher spending individuals coming into an area because of community. Which then snowballs into the gentrification of an area over time.
That sounds all mixed up. But I understand that as there were many "no go suburbs" in Sydney that are now "gentrified" and sought after because of the perceived safety the original "urban farming" projects to stimulate community generated.
IF the people being "displaced" are of the antisocial kind, how is this a bad thing?
I am to understand that here in Australia, we start with an anti-social Public Housing suburb (usually Inner City areas) whose residents have had enough, who then go onto create a more cohesive community via a "Community Garden/ Urban Farming", that then creates a sense of ownership of an area as many of the troublemakers are "moved-on". The place gets attractive, safer (for a given value of safe) and attracts 'investment' via high fee paying individuals whose disposable income then attracts commerce that given enough time "Gentrifies" the area. Property values rise and it is a "sort after location" due to it's position close to amenities.
This what the article is referring to?
This is where I used to live "Brownlie Towers", a Public housing area close to the city in Perth. (Posted to your FB wall) it was a notorious crime and drug spot. Now? attracting young families and creating a sense of purpose for the social housing retirees to share their love of gardening. It has already lifted the property values in the area to the point that we had to purchase 80km away.
The Facebook site is SBS Harvest. Might help you understand the whole gentrification process?
https://www.facebook.com/SBSHarvest
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/226...The-Towers
That sounds all mixed up. But I understand that as there were many "no go suburbs" in Sydney that are now "gentrified" and sought after because of the perceived safety the original "urban farming" projects to stimulate community generated.
IF the people being "displaced" are of the antisocial kind, how is this a bad thing?
I am to understand that here in Australia, we start with an anti-social Public Housing suburb (usually Inner City areas) whose residents have had enough, who then go onto create a more cohesive community via a "Community Garden/ Urban Farming", that then creates a sense of ownership of an area as many of the troublemakers are "moved-on". The place gets attractive, safer (for a given value of safe) and attracts 'investment' via high fee paying individuals whose disposable income then attracts commerce that given enough time "Gentrifies" the area. Property values rise and it is a "sort after location" due to it's position close to amenities.
This what the article is referring to?
This is where I used to live "Brownlie Towers", a Public housing area close to the city in Perth. (Posted to your FB wall) it was a notorious crime and drug spot. Now? attracting young families and creating a sense of purpose for the social housing retirees to share their love of gardening. It has already lifted the property values in the area to the point that we had to purchase 80km away.
The Facebook site is SBS Harvest. Might help you understand the whole gentrification process?
https://www.facebook.com/SBSHarvest
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/226...The-Towers
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