Neighborhood revitalization can have the same effect. I know this will work. As he has with downtown revitalization, the mayor argued the city can't afford to ignore pockets of blight. Everything ages and slowly deteriorates. If there aren't efforts to counteract that, the whole city deteriorates.
People can get hold of a block or a neighborhood.
The cumulative effect is the whole city is renewed and everybody benefits. Dolton agreed, saying the city's fabric changes if older neighborhoods slide into slum-like conditions. But he also insisted neighborhood renewal is a matter of simple humanity. It's all about reaching out and pulling people up instead of pushing them away. We all deserve that.