tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post5545319341951487036..comments2023-10-21T08:08:43.106-04:00Comments on Blazing Indiscretions: CHASING ILLUSIONS IN VERMONT, TOO?JayVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post-28619853348444115192007-10-17T04:35:00.000-04:002007-10-17T04:35:00.000-04:00I also have noticed the change in Burlington. Whe...I also have noticed the change in Burlington. When I lived up in Winooski a few years ago, not only did I notice that I had to work 50+ hours a week at a decent-paying job just to break even on living expenses... but the whole area really does seem to be losing it's soul to urban homogenization. Could the NEK be the last refuge where the artsy, bohemian types are forced to move to?Nonsequiturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173868118973875988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post-7676823520916534662007-10-15T03:27:00.000-04:002007-10-15T03:27:00.000-04:00Bravo...The transplant from CT should pack his bag...Bravo...The transplant from CT should pack his bags and move back!!!<BR/><BR/>End body suppression, get naked.<BR/><BR/>Remember: your body IS NOT A CRIME!<BR/><BR/>-Owen MulliganOPJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926740229908849886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post-33912988627707208482007-10-14T18:56:00.000-04:002007-10-14T18:56:00.000-04:00It's happened to neighbourhoods in Seattle and in ...It's happened to neighbourhoods in Seattle and in San Francisco, and to the Pijp in Amsterdam. Poor people move to cheap neighbourhoods. Often these are students, artists, immigrants, basically the people that will make a neighbourhood colourful and interesting. And once that transformation has reached critical mass, the neighbourhood becomes interesting to yuppies, who move in in droves, drive up the real estate prices, and by doing so chase out all the people that made the place interesting in the first place. <BR/><BR/>It's a fascinating process to watch -- if you don't happen to be in the middle of all this yourself. Take for instance the Negen Straatjes in Amsterdam: a very popular neighbourhood to shop, because it's full of second hand clothing stores, antique shops, classical barber shops, musty book stores, and so on. But because people like to shop there, big chains move in, immediately killing off exactly that what made shoppers go there in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com