In what way do they deal with gentrification? It seems like your argument is that it just doesn&#x27;t happen to such an extreme in places that aren&#x27;t major cities? I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s true -- take a trip up to Beacon, NY.<p>Regardless, my interest is in how we can compensate artists that kick this process off rather than just using them to make a landowner&#x27;s property more valuable. Can they be compensated in some sort of equity like early stage startup employees are, so that after 10 years of producing work and making somewhere hip they aren&#x27;t just thrown out to make room for some luxury project? Can there be tools made to make it easier to purchase these distressed properties as co-ops that they can collectively own and produce out of?<p>No one wants the blight of old, abandoned buildings that could otherwise be productive. However, this plan they&#x27;ve proposed just sounds like a way to get artists to make landlords and real estate agents money in the long run.