Originally Posted by
sleepy
First it was gentrification, now it's wage slave labor?
Great, now Hipsters are going to take away immigrant's hard earned jobs too?! Where is that illegal immigrant with the Magna bike going to work now?
I see this horrible future... Kids with tight jeans and smug attitudes riding keirin Frames delivering overpriced "organic" food to some Kid with tight jeans and a smug attitude living in a loft conversion.
John Connor! Where are you?! Save us!
please, lofts as gentrification? didn't know that unused warehouse buildings were so frequently homes for low income minority families. also was unaware that empty buildings and new construction were so preferable to reuse. heck, sometimes, they even turn the unused warehouse buidlings into, get this, lofts that are low-income certified so poor folk can live in them.
i don't care who's living downtown in a loft because it's 'hip', more people in concentrated downtowns is a hell of a lot better for urban sprawl, and most bike advocates should be in favor because it's a better chance at 'car free' infrastructure that most cyclists seem to rant and rave about.