Gentification - Global

For me personally, before this course I use to think that industrializing an area in another country is a good thing and a step in helping create a more modern civilization. I thought cleaning up an area that is in great poverty came along with the construction of buildings, and in theory would benefit the residents of that area by providing them better living situations. However upon reading the articles over Gentrification in countries outside of the US, I've realized that gentrification has it negative drawbacks in our local areas and also extends globally. With the construction of new homes, apartments and businesses, the residents of these area are also being pushed out. Instead of creating opportunities for these residents they are driving them towards the outskirts of the city where they are left without any of the benefits of these modernized environments and forced to begin all over again only causing a disruption in their lives.  In fact, gentrification actually seems to be even more harmful because instead of the usually slow processes that it takes here, it is done at a more rapid pace literally kicking its residents out. Overall, I think there is some potential goodness that could come for reforming an area into a more successful  neighborhood that thrives as long as it the residents that live there are the ones that are benefiting from this new construction and not outsiders. After thinking about gentrification from a local perspective and a global perspective, I think that many people who are involved with this construction may be unaware of its consequences. As Americans, we may think helping construct better homes for those in foreign countries will directly benefit those people but it fact, we could just be building those developments for people in other countries who may be able and willing to pay to live there, and over the course of a few years, be pushing out its native residents. In gentrifying an area we must be careful to not displace  local residents or native residents in global gentrifying progress.