The next monthly discussion meetup is next Saturday, March 7 @ 2 PM (see below for location etc.). We’ll be discussing gentrification. We suggest some readings/videos below that offer background and a few perspectives. As usual, you are welcome to come regardless of how much of the reading you do ahead of time.

Please feel free to come even if you’re worried it will be awkward, you won’t fit in, or you aren’t the “typical person who comes to a Rationality meetup.” We are welcoming (albeit occasionally argumentative)!

READINGS/MEDIA

• Intro
  • What we talk about when we talk about gentrification (Vox)
    • NOTE: Need an account (free or paid) to read
  • Gentrification Explained (Urban Displacement Project) (7:30 minute video)
• Suburbs are gentrifying—and communities are pushing back (short blog post)
• Gentrification Nation: Displaced By Design (National Community Reinvestment Coalition)
  • 58 minute video and transcript
• Supply Skepticism Revisited (NYU Furman Center)
• (Video + Blog Post) Investment without displacement: How a surge of development changed—and didn’t change—one Detroit neighborhood
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWkkkNdQOBo (6:30 minute video)
• Other resources
  • Exploring data on Chicago
    • Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago
    • Measuring Gentrification in Chicago Community Areas: 2024 Update(includes one-page summary report)

DATE & LOCATION

Date: Saturday, 3/7 @ 2–4:30pm (roughly)
Location: South Loop Strength & Conditioning – upstairs in the mezzanine
645 S Clark
Chicago IL 60605
Note: Todd owns this gym so that’s why there’s a Rationality meetup at a gym