Scholars have long shown that public policy tends to favor the preferences of the haves over the have-nots, so if disagreements arise between the rich and poor residents of Olneyville, the wealthy will probably get their way.41 Unless controlled, therefore, the innovation district will likely continue the trends already under way in the neighborhood. Even if the city’s administrators recognize the risk and try to avoid it, the economic and political forces operating in today’s neoliberal environment all but guarantee that the neighborhood will continue to get wealthier, whiter, less equal, and
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