Fascinating. This is all fascinating to contemplate as I'm a college-educated Chicana who had some great grandparents move here from Mexico well over a century ago. I'm pretty committed to staying here because of family but it's getting more difficult to do so. It's become so incredibly expensive. I had a grandfather buy a house on a school janitor's salary. It was in very non-gentrified Boyle Heights well over 70 years ago, but still! A house! This is just a crazy dream for me now.
"Soon-to-be Californian," Will? You're leaving Iowa City? I think I understand why (after all, I left decades ago), but I couldn't keep my heart sinking a bit when I read that.
I understand CA housing policy is awful, but your article suggests another way to look at this is in terms of gentrification. If lots of well-off people move into a neighborhood, house prices will rise, and the original poorer residents will be pushed out (if tenants) or bought out (if owners). Same model works for states, I think.
“Outgoing Californians who make over $200,000 evidently prefer New York and Chicago.“ I think this mistakes the direction: these appear to be net in-migration numbers, not out-.
Fascinating. This is all fascinating to contemplate as I'm a college-educated Chicana who had some great grandparents move here from Mexico well over a century ago. I'm pretty committed to staying here because of family but it's getting more difficult to do so. It's become so incredibly expensive. I had a grandfather buy a house on a school janitor's salary. It was in very non-gentrified Boyle Heights well over 70 years ago, but still! A house! This is just a crazy dream for me now.
"Soon-to-be Californian," Will? You're leaving Iowa City? I think I understand why (after all, I left decades ago), but I couldn't keep my heart sinking a bit when I read that.
I understand CA housing policy is awful, but your article suggests another way to look at this is in terms of gentrification. If lots of well-off people move into a neighborhood, house prices will rise, and the original poorer residents will be pushed out (if tenants) or bought out (if owners). Same model works for states, I think.
Long story short: California is gentrifying.
Yeah, I should have said that!
“Outgoing Californians who make over $200,000 evidently prefer New York and Chicago.“ I think this mistakes the direction: these appear to be net in-migration numbers, not out-.
You’re right! I read it wrong. Will fix.