{"id":17626,"date":"2022-06-24T02:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T02:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/?p=17626"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:51:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:51:27","slug":"week-3-how-to-kill-a-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/2022\/06\/24\/week-3-how-to-kill-a-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3: How to Kill a City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We read the book <em>How To Kill a City <\/em>this week. The book was really eye-opening and I learned many things I had not known before. I thought the author did a good job reiterating that gentrification is caused by high-level government\/business decisions rather than individual people and businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While reading about the gentrification of Detroit&#8217;s downtown and Midtown, I began to realize that I&#8217;ve bought into the capitalism that led to this gentrification- I have gone downtown and eaten at the shiny new restaurants, I have shopped at the trendy boutiques, etc. In retrospect, it makes me sad to know that I have benefitted from the effects of gentrification while so many others have suffered. I feel a lot more motivated to support smaller businesses on the outskirts of Detroit during the rest of my time here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book also changed how I think about current urban revitalization efforts in Detroit. I will be much more critical of these efforts and who they aim to benefit or attract to the city moving forward. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We read the book How To Kill a City this week. The book was really eye-opening and I learned many things I had not known before. I thought the author did a good job reiterating that gentrification is caused by high-level government\/business decisions rather than individual people and businesses. 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