Aspen and the American Dream: How One Town Manages Inequality in the Era of Supergentrification

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Jenny Stuber

Aspen and the American Dream

How One Town Manages Inequality in the Era of Supergentrification

Jenny Stuber

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University of California Press
23 March 2021

Geography

"How is it possible for a town to exist where the median household income is about $73,000, but the median home price is about $4,000,000? Boring into the ""impossible"" math of Aspen, Colorado, Stuber explores how middle-class people have found a way to live in this supergentrified town. Interviewing a range of residents, policymakers, and officials, Stuber shows that what resolves the math equation between incomes and home values in Aspen, Colorado—the X-factor that makes middle-class life possible—is the careful orchestration of diverse class interests within local politics and the community. She explores how this is achieved through a highly regulatory and extractive land use code that provides symbolic and material value to highly affluent investors and part-year residents, as well as less-affluent locals, many of whom benefit from an array of subsidies—including an extensive affordable housing program—that redistribute economic resources in ways that make it possible for middle-class residents to live there.

Stuber further examines how Latinos, who provide much of the service work in Aspen and who tend to live outside the town, fit into the social geography of one of the most unequal places in the country. Overall, Stuber argues that the Aspen's ability to balance the interests of its diverse class constituencies is not a foregone conclusion; rather, it is the result of efforts by local stakeholders—citizens, government, developers, and vacationers—to preserve the town’s unique feel and value, and ""keep Aspen, Aspen"" in all its complex dynamics."

By: Jenny Stuber
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520306608
ISBN 10: 0520306600
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 23 March 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"List of Figures and Tables Introduction: The Impossible Math of Aspen, Colorado 1. Place-Based Class Cultures 2. Living the ""Aspen Dream""? Redefining and Realizing the Good Life 3. Steadying the Pendulum 4. Place-Making and the Construction of ""Small-Town Character"" 5. ""But Does It Deliver Value?"": Negotiating Aspen's Land Use Code 6. A Mall at the Base of a Mountain? 7. Buscando el Sueño Americano: Latinos in the Valley Conclusion: The Limits and Possibilities of Place-Making in the Era of Supergentrification Acknowledgments Appendix: Methodology Notes References Index "

Jenny Stuber is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of North Florida.

Reviews for Aspen and the American Dream: How One Town Manages Inequality in the Era of Supergentrification

" ""Stuber does an excellent job of providing answers."" * CHOICE * “Astounding. . . .Aspen and the American Dream is a wonderful book for students of social class and of urban sociology and for anyone who wonders how the material landscape is made.” * American Journal of Sociology *"