Tampa neighbors battle gentrification amid rapid development

The bigger the city the bigger the price tag.

They are boxing in the working class family into shoeboxes. Every decade we the working class people get less and pay more. Smh.

Gentrifiers may be self-centered and annoying, but I have never been robbed or beaten by one.

I live in Riverside heights which we also call Tampa heights I'm so sick of these f**** people coming in and buying all of the houses and building these big massive houses in our neighborhood. I agree it's taken away from the culture and the stuff that we've had for a long time ago. They're making our neighborhoods look like something that we are not familiar with. The main problems are with the realtor companies they are buying these properties selling them to contractors contractors will build on the properties and then this is what it boils down to. And some of the Realtors and investors will lie their ass off to get a property. We had a lot in Riverside heights and just sold it in 2020. The investor that came to see us at the time we didn't know he was an investor said that he was interested in a lot to build a home for his family. We sold him the lot after going back and forth for a few weeks. And 2 months after he purchased a lot he sold it for more money. Plenty of scammers out there it's a very sad situation

Implying gentrification is just a problem for African-Americans. It's deeply affecting all races, and not just residents living in poverty.

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As a Latino, I have no issues with gentrification. I rather have safety over diversity.

The nicer a community gets the higher the cost to live in that community will be. There is no free lunch thier is a cost to improveing quality of life.

The property tax system is the culprit

Property in Tampa was dirt cheap for decades. Some of these people have been here for decades and multiple generations. At no time did someone in their family say maybe we should buy a house? Since there’s ten adults in the home , if we all worked a job and put a few hundred towards the mortgage we could have secure housing situation.

Its strange how they can proudly complain about demographic change in their neighborhood when others cannot.

REDLINING is what makes gentrification and urban renewal possible. Basically zoning a neighborhood “unsafe” just because a person of color lives,works or even travels down the street constantly in that particular neighborhood. Once they label that area “red” the property value determined by the banks , the city and other key players takes a dive ! Then they can buy it all up for cheap and sell it high, creating an artificial market. The suburbs failed and they can’t carry there own weight due to how out spread they are built, city’s need density and new infrastructure for new residents to support itself thru tax money. Its not as innocent as some want you to believe! Systemic racism IS the root to this problem. How can a house be worth more or less solely just because of the owners skin tone???? Again redlining!!

So much of Tampa needs to be rebuilt. So much of it is rundown and trashy. It's time to clean up

Time to work 😌😌😌

Welcome to Florida.

Disney is pure propaganda

Just wait. Tampa Bay will be the new San Fran Bay

Please stop using Hispanic as a racial term, because it's not.

Good 'ol market capitalism at work...

Damn shame