Episode Summary

Deborah sits down with radio host and community advocate Shelly Winter for a wide-ranging conversation about how Atlanta has changed since he moved here from Harlem in the late '90s. They dig into who actually gets blamed for gentrification, why he regrets never buying, what the 2008 crash really taught us, and why local block parties and festivals may matter more to your home's value than square footage ever will.

Topics Covered

Arriving in Atlanta (post-Olympics, around 1998)

• Shelly landed at WCLK before Y2K and watched the city transform from the inside
• He saw the same pattern Harlem had gone through a decade earlier — and still didn't buy

Who gets blamed for gentrification

• The complaint tends to land on the young couple fixing up a ho ...