Even the Economist devotes "Liebig 14" article (issue of 12 February) and provides alternatives in the remaining groups are given the same involuntary Obstetrician "Gentrifizierung", die sie bekämpfen:
"For a city fed up with being 'poor but sexy' this [die Gentrifizierung] is not all that bad. Its future depends on attracting clever creative types who are not averse to designer coffee. Even the romantics of Liebig 14 play their part, seeding neighbourhoods with colour and creativity. They are unwilling 'pioneers of gentrification', says Mr Kuhn . These worries may now go mainstream (...). Nobody wants another Prenzlauer Berg, a region north of of Friedrichshain that Mr Schulz calls a high-income 'monostructure'. Berlin needs niches for mini-Utopias but does not know how to protect them. Unless it does, the city will be richer, but duller. "
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