The article talks about gentrificaiton which is a very common and controversial topic in urban planning. However, the article talks about how new innovative technologies and applications could be a huge impacting reason for an increase in gentrification. Apps such as UberEats and AirBnB add to gentrification as a whole due to the fact that UberEats doesn't allow for low quality food delivery, which in turn affects local business that have to be shut down. Local and independant businesses are largely affected by these applications as there is no longer a need for people to go to shops or even rent out a hotel. This greatly affects the market and property values as people and businesses with lower income are forced to be displaced.
- Uber now has a branch of service called Uber Eats which competes with Deliveroo for food delivery
- Areas such as East London in London and West Village in New York are considered to be gentrified
- Gentrification is a process of renovation of deprived urban neighbourhoods by means of increasing richer residents, which results in increased property values and the displacing of lower-income families and small businesses.
Personally, I do agree with the article in the sense that in a technologically advanced London today, there is literally no longer a need for common local knowledge. People are a lot more likely to just search for the nearest place to go and eat, rather than knowing which restaurants in their area are good and which aren't. In a way, I feel like this greatly affects communities in a negative way, as there is a social aspect of locality involved, with apps like Deliveroo and UberEats getting rid of these small independent business, that community aspect of it dies out.
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