The most shocking thing about the recent episode of South Park, "The City Part of Town," was that it took Cartman and company so long to poke fun at the effects of gentrification.
Patrick Hogan shares insight into the online commentary following a recent episode of the satirical cartoon South Park. The episode, "The City Part of Town," presents, according to Hogan, "a parody of upscale housing developments being placed in formerly low-income neighborhoods with a commercial for The Lofts at SoDoSoPa (South Downtown South Park)."
Hogan's coverage mostly focuses on the claims from within the Reddit community of which town/city is most likely the subject of the satire from the infamous show.
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