Opinion: After purchasing a home on the city’s East Side, I’ve come to acknowledge I’m a clinical marker of gentrification. My like-minded neighbors and I hope to blunt the blows our arrival may bring.
New Braunfels Avenue is one of the main entrances to the historically black near East Side, where gentrification is pervasive.In the spring of 2020, just a week before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses, schools and public gatherings, I closed on my first home near Fort Sam Houston to the east of Interstate 35.
It wasn’t a label that was easy to accept. I spent a lot of time trying to “well, actually” my way out of wearing the scarlet letter G. I’m Hispanic, and many of the new residents in my community are, too. You can’t be a gentrifier if you’reProcessing…Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
As terrifying as it was to admit, I am just another guy who has fallen into the lure of urban-core authenticity. I moved to the near East Side to be among the tapestry of culture that has so richly sustained the sense of community in these historic neighborhoods over the years. Instead of rows of white-picket fences in the suburbs, I sought to live in a community that was home to a diversity of backgrounds and architectural styles.
A pedestrian walks by a large painted sidewalk that reads ‘We Live Here’ in the Wheatley neighborhood in the near East Side.Home prices in my zip code have gone up about 20% in a year, and a quarter of the homes here are selling for above the asking price, according to Redfin. Some of my fellow homeowners have seen their home valuations shoot up in the past year, and that’s affecting their tax bills. My neighbors with lower incomes are likely to feel that much more acutely.
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