"This is a low rent neighborhood in Chicago. Young people could move here and gentrify it"
'But that's Austin, the most violent part of Chicago'
"Nonsense, Chicago isn't nearly as violent as people claim"
'Yes yes, but that's only if you aggregate the entire city. It's well known that some pockets of the city are very dangerous'
"So that's why this isn't actually Austin, the violent neighborhood. It's just a low-rent neighborhood in Chicago. Chicago isn't as violent as people say"
'Hang on, you're suggesting that packaging places like Englewood and Austin together with Lincoln Park and Lakeview and just calling it *Chicago* means that the perceived risk profile of moving to the bad neighborhood is lowered?'
"Correct. And the best part is, the ratings committees on Bluesky and Reddit see *Chicago* and assess it great safety ratings no matter what. Simply call the neighborhood Chicago and suddenly the entire place is considered diversified"
'But what about realtor crime maps? Wouldn't those give it away immediately to any potential homebuyers?'
"Don't be ridiculous, we got rid of those crime maps years ago"
'And people living in Andersonville and Uptown will help market these houses in Austin and Englewood as being fungible goods to their own properties?'
"They will literally do it for free on their own time all across social media"
Chicago continues to have a lot of low rent neighborhoods. People moved to wicker park for the low rents 40 years ago when it had high crime and was low in amenities. Are young people today willing to take that chance today with say, East Garfield Park, etc. is the question.