Is The Dot-com Backlash As Bad As Sprawl?

The technology industry, which has helped fuel a robust U.S. economy in the past decade, has triggered a construction-and-renovation boom. "But it has also ushered in a wave of gentrification. Rising rent and escalating "e-victions" are driving out lower- and middle-income families, artists, non-profit groups and small businesses. And while planners, politicians and developers herald the shimmering new economy as a golden opportunity to upgrade cities, many longtime residents are outraged or resigned."