I haven't thought of "white flight" for a long time. Never thought of gentrification as white flight reversed.
It's not an exact opposite, but helpful in thinking of gentrification as a flavor of migration.
Omni and Sudo won't materially affect gentrification rates one way or the other.
What's in our power is affecting how our communities respond to this change, and to others.
We are propagating values, skills, and resources handy for those confronting macro-level disruptions. Hacker ethics. Maker skills. Inclusive community. Sharing economics. Occupy energy. Sustainable practices. Culture innovation. Where we bring these, we're making our community more capable and resilient, healing the world. Tikkun olam.
This month we're very aware of Sudo as a place, a site at an address. We talked about raising Omni funds by drawing the surrounding community to use our common areas for events, by boosting memberships of the collectives as we pull people into our orbits. Moving in, settling in should take the rest of this year.
But we should also be thinking about ways to bring our Sudoey goodness to more people and more neighborhoods. I've heard Matt imagine small satellite Sudo spaces spread across the map. I've seen yar do FirstFriday and library outreach. Hackpacks have a similar future. Perhaps we'll eventually have the hacker version of library bookmobiles, a hack truck we bring to schools, fairs, parking lots. 2015?
Our presence sudofies, not gentrifiies.
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