LGB Historylgbtqiaborhoods in decline

submitted by xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) from yahoo.com

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This story just seems like a net positive. Gay neighborhoods were set up in really bad and unsafe locations specifically because the people were rejected from society. I remember a time when certain straight people were starting to change and we're intentionally trying to move into the gay neighborhoods specifically because the gays built up a safe location to raise their kids.

Cities in general are suffering from exploding rent and those gay neighborhoods are now seen as highly trendy. Since acceptance has gone up so much, this is no longer a matter of physical safety and gays can easily move to more affordable locations.

In terms of socioeconomics this sucks but in terms of gay acceptance it's a good sign.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm glad more people are moving out of cities. It's not sustainable having more than half the world's population living in cities. But people are moving into car dependent suburbs where you need a car to get around. This strips the elderly and the disabled of their independence. Villages where you can walk anywhere are where city dwellers should be relocating to. As for cities, well, cities in North America are a failed experiment because you need a car to get around them. European cities, where people get around by foot, by trams or by bicycle, are how cities should be designed.

Gay people should be able to live in cities, towns, villages, suburbs and rural areas. We should use our options.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not sustainable having more than half the world's population living in cities.

I believe that civil engineers say the exact opposite. I hate cities myself but from a planning perspective there just isn't enough land to give the billions of people in the world their own land.