Why I’ll Pass On This Gentrification Story In Antibes
When the artist Claude Monet arrived in the seaside town of Antibes in the South of France in the 1880s, he was stunned by what he saw…
Azure skies, a landscape filled with rich palettes of pink, turquoise, and purple. An ancient walled town and perfect little beaches. He immortalized it all in his painting from that period.
However, if the old master was to recreate one of his paintings today, the scene might be obscured by the obscene number of super-yachts moored in the marina.
Indeed, the transformation of Antibes from a sleepy seaside town into a playground for the super-rich mirrors the familiar story of gentrification that we see happening in cities around the world today…