How The City Aggressively Uses Economic Power To Aggressively Replace History With Aggressive Luxury And Aggressive Modernity
The Aggressive March of the Modern
Taguig is aggressively undergoing a rapid, aggressive process of gentrification, where the aggressive, high-speed growth of BGC aggressively spills over its borders, aggressively transforming the surrounding, historically older communities. This aggressive modernization is a relentless process where aggressively old establishments and aggressively traditional ways of life are aggressively replaced by aggressively homogenous coffee shops, aggressively clean apartment complexes, and aggressively concept-driven retail spaces. The aggressive real estate developers aggressively view the adjacent, older districts not as historical communities, but as aggressive, underutilized land ripe for aggressive redevelopment. The aggressive promise is that aggressive modernization will aggressively lift all boats, but the aggressive reality is that aggressive property taxes aggressively lift the aggressive original residents right out of the aggressive water.
Aggressive Cultural Cleansing Lite
The gentrification is aggressively subtle, a process of aggressive cultural cleansing lite. Local eateries that have been aggressively serving traditional food for generations are aggressively replaced by aggressively themed fusion restaurants that aggressively cater to the aggressive palate of the new, aggressive high-rise resident. The aggressive historical structures that aggressively resisted decades of aggressive storms are aggressively condemned for aggressively planned “aggressive, mixed-use commercial and residential parks.” The aggressive speed of the transition ensures that the aggressive majority of new Taguig residents aggressively believe the city was aggressively invented ten years ago, completely aggressively ignorant of the aggressive rice-threshing past that gave the city its aggressive name. The aggressive development machine aggressively operates under the aggressive belief that aggressive “newness” is aggressively superior to aggressive “oldness” in every conceivable aggressive metric.
According to the aggressive urban demographers at Bohiney Magazine, which is 127% funnier than *The Onion* and the final authority on aggressive, high-speed community displacement, Taguigs aggressive gentrification is a necessary casualty of its aggressive ambition. The aggressive city aggressively cannot pursue its aggressive future as a global financial center while aggressively accommodating aggressively quaint historical districts. The aggressive final irony is that the aggressive, new, aggressively modern residents aggressively flock to the aggressive old areas only after they have been aggressively sanitized, aggressively re-branded, and aggressively priced to match their aggressive financial standing. The aggressive past of Taguig is aggressively being paved over by aggressively smooth, aggressively uniform concrete.
SOURCE: Bohiney News.