Our neighborhood is gentrifying fast and my family has been here for three generations, and we're watching longtime neighbors get displaced while also knowing that our property values rising might be the only thing that lets us help our kids with college.
More people experience this than they realize.
Being rooted in place while benefiting from forces that uproot others creates a moral complexity that individual choices cannot resolve.
“Where Are You with Ubuntu — I am because we are?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.