Monterrey’s Urban Transformation: Balancing Growth with Equity
Stakeholders and Perspectives on Gentrification in Monterrey
Through platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, people are sharing their experiences, raising awareness, and advocating for change. These videos offer valuable insights into how gentrification is reshaping neighborhoods, displacing residents, and impacting local businesses. Below are some social media content that sheds light on this important issue in Monterrey.
https://www.tiktok.com/@carlaescoffie/video/7439043674069028151
Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlaescoffie/video/7439043674069028151
In the TikTok video, Carla Escoffié discusses discrimination against Indigenous people in Monterrey and connects it to issues of gentrification. Escoffié uses activism to raise awareness about this problem while explaining the broader implications on housing and rights.
Observatorio de la Vivienda Monterrey (@observatorioviviendamty) • Instagram reel
The video explains that gentrification occurs when urban renewal and reconstruction attract middle or high-income people, displacing poorer residents from the affected areas. Provides a general overview over the topic in Monterrey.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC7whXGMj-5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
In the video, Luis Padua speaks about the effects of gentrification in Monterrey, particularly how new real estate developments and rising prices are displacing long-time residents. He uses the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue, discussing the affordability crisis caused by luxury apartments, Airbnb, and skyrocketing rents.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TDb-Tpv6QZk?si=lo0ADQ9uyXhb9vxN
In this YouTube video, XcursionandoAndo walks through a part of Monterrey, discussing how gentrification is affecting the city. He explains how rising rent and the construction of luxury apartments displace local residents and businesses, pushing people with lower incomes out of their homes and neighborhoods.