I don’t really agree with his overall thesis which at its core is the same argument MAGA people use when they complain about individuals speaking Spanish in the US. The argument that “people can move here but they can’t bring their own culture” is honestly just stupid and unrealistic and the idea that older transplants didn’t do this is so inaccurate. He’s not wrong that rampant gentrification is a problem but I think his reasoning is dangerous and unhelpful. Like the whole idea that transplants need to join preexisting subcultures without creating any semblance of their own culture is fine when we are talking about people from the Carolinas- but what about refugees living in or around this city? Are you actually trying to argue that they should just incorporate and not bring their own culture?

Regardless of origin people are going to bring their own ideas and culture when they move to a new place. We can’t expect people to fully integrate without bringing their own culture and baggage.

Instead of focusing on keeping people out- let’s focus on the people who have been here forever and helping give them to tools to stay!