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The gentrification argument is strange to me.

Gentrification as an effect happens when an area becomes more desirable to live in. That means here that people place a positive value on public transport.

To deny an area the benefit of public transport based on some weird altruistic and paternalistic motive doesn't really seem credible.

It's really tail wagging the dog too. To say we should just keep areas shitty or undesirable to avoid gentrification seems totally backwards.