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How neighborhood groups navigate different perspectives on community change

Our neighborhood group formed to address gentrification but the longtime residents and newer residents see the problems completely differently. Every meeting feels like we're talking past each other while the neighborhood changes around us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

People who share physical space don't necessarily share an understanding of what's happening to that space.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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