Gentrification is an incredibly hot subject right now — it seems to be the subject of endless articles and hot takes, as people try to decide just how damaging it is that people with money are suddenly taking an interest in so many once-undesirable neighborhoods in New York, D.C., and other cities, often leading to rising rents and longtime residents being forced to live elsewhere.But what if gentrification just isn’t as big a piece of the inequality puzzle as everyone thinks? That’s the thesis of an interesting post and accompanying infographics at City Observatory, an organization that studies urban issues (and is funded by the Knight Foundation). The post, as the headline of one of the infographics puts it, argues that “Concentrated poverty is a bigger problem than gentrification.”

Source: Is Everyone Focusing Too Much on Gentrification? — Science of Us

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Source: BBC – Earth – The Atlantis-style myths that turned out to be true

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Source: Is Digital Mourning Unifying Or Just Empty Grief 2.0? – Digg