Chicago's Gentrification: Art Folks Caught in Being Clever (Part One)
Accidentally or not, artists camping out in low rent areas eventually result in some sort of migration. Gentrification is frowned upon by displaced populations – of course – but land owners and developers are usually pretty pleased. Even if a clutch of minorities are eventually pushed out of a neighborhood, folks running the city generally don’t mind too much. And there’s definitely no outrage when rents become too exorbitant for those artsy denizens eventually being shuffled through the area either.
