My neighborhood in Denver is experiencing a kind of slow strangulation. Today, the neighborhood is mixed-income with a range of families from different backgrounds. A decade ago, it was lower income than it is today, and two decades ago, lower still. Aka, we’re gentrifying. But the gap between new and old residents is becoming extreme. People who have lived in the neighborhood for 10 years are often in homes that cost $300k and have a mortgage of around $1000/mo. Those houses now typically sell for $600-700k. My wife and I bought one of those homes and repaired it because we felt lucky to live here, and could stretch to afford that. But we’re weirdos. What mostly happens here is that those homes are bulldozed and replaced by McMansions that cost $3-4 million. So, the neighborhood is “10x-ing,” not in a nice way. This is the redevelopment trend across the entire city of Denver since 2019 — but it has gotten notably worse since 2022, with new houses coming in even larger and more expensive.…