Gentrification in Somerville

[Gettinghitonattheban]

Coming from a 3rd generation resident Charlestown (now yuppie-ville), I can say gentrification is a problem for all of Boston. Soon it's going to have the socio-economics as France.

[HearingLossProvider]

Somerville desperately needs rent control. Real estate agents are gouging the average working class people. The asking prices of these residences is disgusting. 2 grand a month for rent? Who the hell can afford that?

[otter147]

the problem is homogenized morons moving in...

[johnospaz]

BTW, I'm glad you guys raised the issue of opiates. I thank God everyday that I never got into that shit and I am happy that most of my friends got off that shit years ago.

[johnospaz]

I grew up in Somerville and am currently gentrifying Bedstuy Brooklyn. How ironic is that? Seriously though I went to high school with these kids. Yeah they may be a little caustic about the way they approach the problem of gentrification, but the problem still exists. If my family didn't own our house in West Somerville you bet your ass they'd be living in fucking Derry, NH or some shit.

[RL48]

yes i can understand the point you are trying to make about preserving the city's years of prosperity but in order for somerville to grow it has to make changes that will all of its citizens even though the satisfaction of every could never be achieved and ALSO I DO NOT LIKE THE USE OF YOU USING THE WORD DESCRIBING HAITIANS AND OTHER MINORITY GROUP AS LOWER CLASS BECAUSE EVERY GROUP IS IN THE MIX OF CLASS STATUS

[jimmypageisking]

You know that's a like RL 48.

The Haitians have been predominantly poor since they came and any thing that hurts the lower classes utterly destroys the Haitian community. The Irish are just white now, the Greeks are cute but still white, and the Spics have become "Latinos". But no matter what, a nigger's still a nigger's still a nigger's still a nigger's still a nigger's still a nigger's still a nigger's still a slave.

[SomAvePizza]

Does the city need a dog park covering half of a field where kids played? Hell no. Does the city need boutique stores with $60.00 T-shirts? Hell No. HOWEVER--not everybody who moved here wants things like that. Some of us are blue-collar too. You guys can't make the distinction--we're all alike to you. Why not bother those goofballs in Union Square Main Streets and SomDog who've helped themselves but never anybody else? Take them on, and the condo developers, and you'd have us with you.

[xpat73]

Villeirish:

You can't have it both ways. I

[xpat73]

There is a problem with gentrification??? You said yourself that it is the regeneration of rundown urban areas...so what the heck is wrong with that??

[Villeirish]

xpat73. I guess you only listen to the parts you want to hear. The rest of the sentence said resulting in the DISPLACEMENT of of lower income people. The restoration isn't the problem, the problem is that the people who where here when it was rundown do not get to enjoys the restoration.

[nannyjanny]

YOU know what I think about Gentrification in Somerville, it ain't pretty. You did a good job on the film Stevie. IT isn't just kids who are alarmed about the current trend in Somerville. I raised two kids here. I've worked hard in this city. Art's Council, SCAT's board, PTA bake sales, chaperone. It's where I've spent nearly half my life and it sucks and it's scary worrying every day about whether my landlord will sell or jack up my rent till I can't afford it. Funny, I grew up in Brockton!

[grimes45]

Shut the fuck up u born again yuppie. Your just a piece of shit. Instead of defending the city, we should just let ourselves be booted out, some homeless????. Fuckin GENOCIDE WOW. WOWIE, the neighborhood has some fresh paint and a few flower boxes.

[jlj426]

The slums in Brockton, What about SLUMerville, not cool, Chelsea rlly the immigrant city by the way

[suied]

i support u all the way from somerville.

[jlj426]

way to go irsh somervillians it happening in roxbury too, the yuppies are breaking upp all the black lifetime residents. It happend in the south end and was completed 5 years ago. All the black residents including my uncle were pushed out of the south end, we moved to milton. Kill a Yuppie

[Namrapus]

Hey, guy, this was a project for a summer program I was in, so I did it on something I know about. Where you people get the impression that we Somerville people act like victims is beyond me. The interesting thing is my brothers and myself do lots of work around the city helping youth and to ensure a place for working class people in Somerville. If you want to talk about whining, I made a documentary which won a nation wide award for it and I completely half assed it. You just blogged about it.

[suied]

wats your name i may no you because i made this video

[suied]

you are a dumbass

[suied]

thanks for the tip no one cares

[rileymayhem20]

why sit back and let life pass you by? Its not hard however it takes hard work.

[rileymayhem20]

Buy a house or get out the way. Its the America way

[suied]

shut up no one cares what you think this was a video project that teenagers made.

[rileymayhem20]

tell them teenagers to get a morgage a buy propitey insted of whineing

[suied]

wow you must be a real smart guy