Response to a post saying that "public transportation causes gentrification by making it easier to move out of the city":
That is what public transportation is designed for. Similarly the highway system is designed to benefit homeowners in Orange county and Ventura county who wish to commute to work (at the expense of locals who actually live here in Los Angeles). Years ago I sat on the entrance ramp on the 405 at 7 AM watching cars from Orange county speed by and my stop light slowly let local traffic on the the freeway one-car-at-a-time. If you read urban planning textbooks from the 1960's they frequently mention designing a space for urban factory workers to live that is separate from the "middle class" living areas. (kind of like how our airplanes are divided into first class and coach).
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William Schaeffer
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