Lucky residents exhibit studentification
Why?
While Lucky residents DO create exclusionary space and lack concern for personal cleanliness and upkeep, there is ALSO the outnumbering of local residents.
The redevelopment of University Square displaced commercial places within the neighborhood.
Exclusionary space is observed with
· former residents’ opinion on security and high pricing
· student culture of drinking
· the university's own vision of creating a student "hub" where both students and faculty can benefit by a "central, visible, place"
· the once deemed “retired area” by the city, should then be used to its fullest potential for students of the university
· the tour guide telling us of the “great stores” surrounding Lucky Apartments while excluding herself of affording the prices of the stores
Lack of upkeep is observed with
· the majority of the rooms visited on the tour were in pigsty
· alcohol bottles and unfinished drinking in all three of the bedrooms visited on the tour
· Lucky Apartments providing an added cost to rent where residents have the choice of housekeeping to keep their apartment space clean
How?
Smith states that there exist four dimensions of the studentification process: social, cultural, physical, and economic.
Social: the replacement and/or displacement of established residents with a generally young and single, social grouping in higher education institutions.
Cultural: growth of concentrations of the group described above who share cultures and lifestyles, and consumption practices, which in turn results in the increase of certain types of retail and service infrastructure.
Physical: the downgrading or upgrading of the physical environment, depending on the local context.
Economic: the inflation property prices and a change in the balance of the housing stock resulting in neighborhoods becoming dominated by private rented accommodation and houses in multiple occupation, and decreasing levels of owner-occupation.
While Lucky residents DO create exclusionary space and lack concern for personal cleanliness and upkeep, there is ALSO the outnumbering of local residents.
The redevelopment of University Square displaced commercial places within the neighborhood.
Exclusionary space is observed with
· former residents’ opinion on security and high pricing
· student culture of drinking
· the university's own vision of creating a student "hub" where both students and faculty can benefit by a "central, visible, place"
· the once deemed “retired area” by the city, should then be used to its fullest potential for students of the university
· the tour guide telling us of the “great stores” surrounding Lucky Apartments while excluding herself of affording the prices of the stores
Lack of upkeep is observed with
· the majority of the rooms visited on the tour were in pigsty
· alcohol bottles and unfinished drinking in all three of the bedrooms visited on the tour
· Lucky Apartments providing an added cost to rent where residents have the choice of housekeeping to keep their apartment space clean
How?
Smith states that there exist four dimensions of the studentification process: social, cultural, physical, and economic.
Social: the replacement and/or displacement of established residents with a generally young and single, social grouping in higher education institutions.
Cultural: growth of concentrations of the group described above who share cultures and lifestyles, and consumption practices, which in turn results in the increase of certain types of retail and service infrastructure.
- This can be observed with the redevelopment as a whole. The types of retail and services in the University Square Complex are directed for the fast moving, shortest distance-preferred student.
Physical: the downgrading or upgrading of the physical environment, depending on the local context.
- The new University Square physical environment many of the developers, along with government and university officials believed the "retired area" needed upgrading.
Economic: the inflation property prices and a change in the balance of the housing stock resulting in neighborhoods becoming dominated by private rented accommodation and houses in multiple occupation, and decreasing levels of owner-occupation.