Problems with the city: White flight happened late (1980s) HIGH transient population. 50% of the school district's child will end the school year at a different school then they started the school year with. Over 90% of the district receives free lunches. So much that 100% of students get a free lunch with a 85% poverty level.
Claims of Gentrification: The population was being moved out of the neighborhood. Did I already state that we have a 50% transient population? How establishing a population that isn't below the poverty line in a city full of beautiful Victorian three story row homes (I love mine) and dozens of mansions moving an established population? Matter of fact the local Occupy Movement camped at our city hall and was protesting. A city with HIGH poverty was a 1% issue????
The conversations were hysterical with Occupy in our city about what they thought was the Gentrification in our city. After having al