Hello Carolina,
I find your blog
post on Gentrification in our local government to be
quite interesting. To my understanding
my fellow classmate Caroline states that gentrification is a big concerning
issue. She states that Austin is one of the fastest gentrification city in the
entire country. each year about 40,000 new people come and reside in our
beloved city. to find out that there’s only one place where Austin residents
can find cheap housing. To know that Austin gets a large number of new
residents a year plus the ones that already been living there can’t live on a
nice affordable location it’s quite sad. In Carolina blog she states that Mayor
Steve Adler cares about this saturation and is trying to figure out a way where
Austin residents can stay at an affordable price. To know that there is still
people like Mayor Steve Adler that wants the best for people is nice. He is
working on a policy where all residents not just those with that make a high
income but ‘ALL” be treated fairly. the hard part is not making the policy but
actually having it approved. What most people care about is if their making a
profit. The expansion of Austin is something that is going to be keep on
happening but I do hope that they don’t forget about what’s more important and
that’s the people because we are what makes our great city amazing.
Carolina wrote a
very interesting and well informed blog when it came to talk about
gentrification in Austin. She was able to explain why this is an issue that
needs to be taking seriously and not so lightly. She states Developers should
focus constructing new apartment and business outside of Austin in open lands.
I believe it would be good to use funds to renovate houses, parks, community
centers and historical sites. Making Austin more beautiful without evicting
residents, lowering the cost of housing, and keeping Austin culture, everyone
can live happily. We hope in the next years Austin can continue to be known as
"Live Music Capital of the World," and stop being known to be one of fastest gentrified city in the United States,
so let support our local government and be more involved in our community. I
have to say I do agree with her and how they instead should be doing things
differently and trying these ideas that she recommends that will better suit
the expansion of Austin.
