Hudson is right about one thing: to stop gentrification, educated young people should steer clear of Brooklyn, D.C., San Francisco, London, and many other cities. Aside from that glimmer of wisdom, he’s come up with about the worst idea for cities—including their minority populations

Consider that a big hypothesis for why poor white don't tend to have as much crime, poverty, and so on is that poor whites aren't all shoved away into ghettos and slums, "forced" to live more sparsely through society rather than shoved into a corner and ignored. "Forced" to live a somewhat more expensive life that requires more work, but also ensures a larger amount of stability and higher levels of mobility and education. Turns out shoving a ton of poor people into a dense area isn't a great idea.

Yeah, people are being forced from their homes by raising rent prices. Yeah, that sucks. However, it's also the only way to break up and destroy the effect of having created these situations in the first place. People forced out will find somewhere new, likely with less crime around, likely more stable, and have children with better educations who go on to live better lives.

If "black neighborhoods" cease to be a thing, that will be a great thing for the US. Not because having a large group of black people in one area is negative, but because many of the current "black neighborhoods" are formed from an era that was pushing people into a corner for not-too-good reasons. It's about time they go away, hopefully to be replaced by societies that are at least moderately less poor in time.

And is culture going to be lost? Sure. But that's a good thing. Culture isn't some sacred thing needing protection, it's the actions and enjoyments of people, a culture isn't obliterated, it's replaced, the people living under that culture find a new place, a new way of life, and it is almost always better than past ones. We shouldn't regret the loss of active practice of ancient Mayan culture, instead we should celebrate it, or at least treat it like it is, unimportant outside of understanding their actions.