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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2835282, member: 44"] The city that I referenced took redeveloped a block sized outdated department store and turned into smaller retail and restaurants with apartments above. No one was displaced, and it was a first step in keeping/bringing people downtown at night which in turn dramatically reduced crime rate. Kind of a classic "gentrification" development in the sense that I am familiar with the term. Associating it with the displacement of lower income families is an assumption that often is wrong. From my perspective, for our cities to safe and productive we need to make them attractive to people. Pretty much everyone benefits from the rising tide when it is done well. [/QUOTE]