[HN Gopher] Do Art Scenes Lead to Gentrification? (2018)
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       Do Art Scenes Lead to Gentrification? (2018)
        
       Author : dakial1
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-08-13 18:04 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | dakial1 wrote:
       | This is an interesting topic that I've noticed in different
       | cities I've lived/visited but didn't know others had researched
       | it.
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       | My hypothesis was that artists will go to cheap neighborhoods
       | that are satellites to Gentrified ones (their consumers). With
       | time, they will attract affluent "artsy" people and will slowly
       | gentrified that neighborhood, forcing new artists to move to the
       | next cheap neighborhood close by...
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       | This research claims that it is not like this, but it seems that
       | they are using some concept of "commercial art establishments"
       | that might not be representative of the initial inflow of artists
       | (which I imagine would operate more informally). Sadly the
       | research is paywalled for me to confirm.
        
         | mmooss wrote:
         | Do artists need to live and prepare their work near their
         | audience?
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         | My guesses: Artists making durable physical artwork, such as
         | painters, probably don't. Performing artists maybe can rehearse
         | and train within a work commute of the performance locations
         | (e.g., someone who performs on Broadway doesn't have to live
         | around Times Square - they can do all that in Harlem or
         | Brooklyn, etc.).
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         | I'd also guess that they benefit from living within commuting
         | range of their community, including other artists, managers,
         | gallery owners, etc. And I can imagine it's probably good to
         | live in the community, especially for people on their way up,
         | so you can grab a coffee with someone and run into someone else
         | while you're there, and go to the ad hoc jam session upstairs -
         | just like IT people in SV.
        
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