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The Frankenstein of Gentrification: How Cities Built a Monster They Can't Control
🎙 The Bigfoot Manifesto Gentrification isn't "organic change." It isn't inevitable. And it definitely isn't caused by coffee shops. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, we're joined by housing policy expert and author Samuel Stein to unpack how gentrification is built—by policy, finance, zoning laws, tax incentives, and real estate speculation—and why cities keep feeding a system that displaces the very people they claim to protect. Using the metaphor of Frankenstein's monster, we explore how housing stopped being shelter and became a governing force, how cities quietly handed power to…
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